DD is 19, she has always been a larger child but since she hit puberty her weight has really increased.
Her periods have never been regular since she started them at 14.
They’ve always been anything between 35-50 days apart. Her skin is very bad - lots of acne on her face, chest and back. She carries a lot of weight on her back and shoulders, has a very big bust, legs and bum.
We are a family who eat normally and the rest of us are average sized. She gets lots of activity in her work and some days eats very little as she’s very busy etc.
It seems as though her problems are hormone related - I took her to the GP about it when she was 15 but he seemed unconcerned, she had bloods taken (which came back normal) but she fainted whilst they were taking them so now she won’t go back at all.
She’s 19, I can’t force her to go but I’m sure something is not right. It seems like PCOS and I’m concerned she’ll have trouble conceiving later on.
I’ve also read about Cushings disease and she also has that moon face so I’m worried about a pituitary problem or tumour etc.
If it is PCOS is it something they’ll treat now anyway? What is the treatment for it? The pill?
She’s said that she might go if I can guarantee they won’t want to take bloods but I can’t promise her that. What will they want to do, any ideas?