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Can one of the causes of pcos is smoking? How adversely it can affect the ovaries of it is enlarged and swollen?
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Smoking hasn't been directly linked to PCOS. But a patient of PCOS is at high CV risk by virtue of insulin resistance. And smoking would increase the risk further.
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