{"id":252282,"date":"2026-06-10T18:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T17:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ftww.org.uk\/?p=252282"},"modified":"2026-06-10T18:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T17:46:12","slug":"pcos-to-be-renamed-polyendocrine-metabolic-ovarian-syndrome-pmos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ftww.org.uk\/cy\/2026\/06\/10\/pcos-to-be-renamed-polyendocrine-metabolic-ovarian-syndrome-pmos\/","title":{"rendered":"Ailenwi PCOS yn Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Affecting millions of women and people assigned female at birth, the long overdue change of name from PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) to PMOS (Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome) is designed to improve diagnosis and care \u2013 and, importantly, address the myth that it\u2019s \u2018all about ovarian cysts\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Nodweddir PMOS gan amrywiadau mewn hormonau, ac mae\u2019n effeithio ar bwysau, iechyd metabolig a meddyliol, y croen, a'r system atgenhedlu.<\/p>\n<p>Ers gormod o amser, mae\u2019r enw 'PCOS' sy\u2019n anhwylder hormonaidd neu endocrin cymhleth, hirdymor wedi arwain at gamddealltwriaeth am 'systiau' a ffocws ar ofar\u00efau. Mewn gwirionedd, mae ymchwilwyr wedi canfod nad oes cynnydd mewn systiau annormal ar yr ofari gyda\u2019r cyflwr, sy\u2019n dangos ymhellach yr angen i newid yr enw.<\/p>\n<p>Dros y tair blynedd nesaf, bydd PCOS yn cael ei newid yn raddol am yr enw newydd - PMOS - ar draws canllawiau, gwasanaethau ac adnoddau cleifion.<\/p>\n<p>Yn \u00f4l Verity, yr elusen sy'n cael ei harwain gan gleifion yn y DU, y mae FTWW yn gweithio'n agos gyda hi fel rhan o Glymblaid Iechyd Menywod Cymru, 'Bydd y newid hwn yn ail-fframio'r sgwrs ac yn mynnu bod PMOS yn cael ei gymryd mor ddifrifol \u00e2'r cyflwr iechyd hirdymor, cymhleth ydyw'.<\/p>\n<p>Edrychwn ymlaen nawr at chwarae rhan i godi ymwybyddiaeth yng Nghymru - nid yn unig o'r newid enw, ond o'r angen am well triniaeth a chefnogaeth i'r cyflwr hwn sy\u2019n cael ei gamddealledig a'r rhai sy'n byw gydag ef. Gwyliwch y gofod hwn!<\/p>\n<p>Gallwch ddarllen y papur llawn sy'n esbonio'r newid enw a'r broses y tu \u00f4l iddo yn The Lancet: https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(26)00717-8\/fulltext <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(26)00717-8\/fulltext\">https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(26)00717-8\/fulltext<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Affecting millions of women and people assigned female at birth, the long overdue change of name from PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) to PMOS (Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome) is designed to improve diagnosis and care \u2013 and, importantly, address the myth that it\u2019s \u2018all about ovarian cysts\u2019. \u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,510],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-pcos"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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