Lok Sabha Question No. 5502 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: Cases of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RESEARCH

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5502 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH JULY, 2019

## CASES OF POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME

## 5502. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  cases  of  Polycystic  Ovary  Syndrome  (PCOS) hormonal disorder in women particularly in teenage girls in increasing day- by- day in the country and i f so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Government has conducted any study to find the causes and treatment of disease and if so, the details and the findings thereof;
- (c) if not, whether the Government proposes to unde rtake a study in near future keeping in view the common phenomena of the disease in women and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has invented a vaccine to combat PCOS in teenage girls and if the details thereof; and
- (e)  other measures  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  combat  the  said  diseases  and  creat awareness among women in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) :     Yes . The preliminary d ata on National Health Portal on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) indicates prevalence of this syndrome ranging from 2.2% to 26% among adolescents The observational studies indicate urbanisation and change of lifestyle, as one of the for this.
- ( b) & (c) : Government of India through Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has launched  a  large - scale  representative  country  vide  epidemiological  multicentric  study PCOS,  titled  'Evaluation  of  prevalence,  regional  phenotypic  variation,  co - morbidi ties,  risk factor and the variations, in response to different therapeutic modalities among Indian with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): A Multicentre study across India'. Phase II of this study  will  make  understand  the  risk  factors/causes  of  PCOS  a mong  Indians  with  links  to Diabetes, for devising nationwide strategy to prevent and treat the condition successful
- (d) : No information is available on invention of such a vaccine.

(e): Recognizing  the  growing  problem  of  PCOS,  ICMR - NIRRH,  Mumbai  established  a multidisciplinary clinic for PCOS in 2016, where girls and women with PCOS are given holi management with a multidisciplinary team of specialists namely dermatologists, dieticia n, yoga expert, endocrinologist, gynaecologist, psychiatrist and IVF expert to address various p faced by PCOS women,. The patients are also counselled on diet and Yoga demonstration done  so  that  women  can  practice  the  same  at  home.  They  are  also followed  up  at  frequent intervals.

Recently a project has been initiated with support from SATYAM (DST) to assess th Effect of Yoga on physical and emotional wellbeing of infertile women with PCOS.

A team of likeminded institutes in Mumbai working towards the cause of PCOS (ICMR NIRRH, MRC Kasturba Health Society, Tata Institute Social Sciences and PCOS Society o India) have come together to form a consortium named as ABHIYAAN PCOS with the objectiv to improve awareness and sensitize health providers and community on the issue of PCOS.

The  investigators  involved  in  the  ongoing  phase -I  of  PCOS  study  are  periodically conducting awareness camps and PCOS workshops for creating awareness among young an d adult women across the country.

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