Amenorrhea is a menstrual condition characterized by absent menstrual periods for more than three monthly menstrual cycles, and may be classified as primary or secondary.
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Amenorrhea is the absence of menstruation. It refers to missing periods in a female age 16 or older.
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(Also Called 'Absent Period', 'Menstruation', 'No Period')
What is amenorrhea?
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Amenorrhea refers to the absence of a menstrual cycle. Primary amenorrhea occurs if an adolescent female has not yet begun menstruation by around age 16 or so.
How is amenorrhea diagnosed?
Diagnosis begins with a gynecologist evaluating a female's medical history and a complete physical examination including a pelvic examination.
How is amenorrhea treated?
Treatment depends on what is causing your amenorrhea. It may be as simple as changing your diet and exercise program to help you maintain a healthy weight. You may need medicine. Rarely, surgery is needed.
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Primary amenorrhea is when a young woman has not yet had a period by age 16.
Secondary amenorrhea describes someone who used to have a regular period but then it stopped for at least three months (this can include pregnancy).
Primary amenorrhea
Primary amenorrhea is typically the result of a genetic or anatomic condition in young females that never develop menstrual periods (by age 16) and is not pregnant.
Primary amenorrhea is failure of menses to occur by any of the following:
Age 16 or 2 yr after the onset of puberty
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(mn´´r´a, mn´´-), cessation of menstruation. Primary amenorrhea is a delay in or a failure to start menstruation; secondary amenorrhea is an unexpected stop to the menstrual cycle.
Amenorrhea is the absence of menstruation. Primary amenorrhea is not considered to have occurred until a girl is beyond age 16, if she has undergone other normal changes that occur during puberty.
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Amenorrhea is the absence of menstruation — one or more missed menstrual periods. Primary amenorrhea refers to no menstrual periods by age 16. Secondary amenorrhea occurs when you were previously menstruating, but then stopped having periods.
Amenorrhea results when the brain receives signals saying the body is in an energy deficient state. The brain then temporarily slows down or shuts off the reproductive axis, leading to fertility problems and irregular or absent periods.
Amenorrhea is generally not life threatening, but it may be linked to certain health problems. When a woman reports it, her doctor will take a medical history and do a physical exam. He or she may also recommend:
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Amenorrhea is a symptom in itself. Depending on the cause of amenorrhea, you may experience the absence of periods together with various symptoms of hormone imbalance such as breast milk secretions, headache, weight gain, acne, ...
Primary amenorrhea
The main cause of primary amenorrhea is late puberty. It is fairly common in girls who are very thin or very athletic.
Amenorrhea means that a woman of childbearing age fails to menstruate.
A woman normally menstruates every 23 to 35 days.
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AMENORRHEA
Absence of menstruation in a young woman who is at least 16 years old or has reached age 14 with a lack of normal growth or absence of secondary sexual development.
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The absence of menstrual bleeding in a woman who has not gone through menopause; may be due to such things as prolonged stress, thyroid disorders, excessive exercise, eating disorders, premature ovarian failure and others.
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You may also have experienced the opposite problem of heavy menstrual bleeding-no menstrual periods at all.
amenorrhea
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Amenorrhea is the term doctors use for absence of periods. Girls who haven't started their periods by the time they are 16 may have primary , usually caused by a hormone imbalance or developmental problem.
Amenorrhea and Oligomenorrhea
Normal causes of skipped or irregular periods include pregnancy, breast-feeding, hormonal contraception, and perimenopause.
Primary amenorrhea
Primary amenorrhea affects less than 1 percent of adolescent girls in the United States. The most common causes of primary amenorrhea include: ...
Amenorrhea, or the absence of a menstrual period, may occur as a result of many conditions.
Amenorrhea refers to the absence of a menstrual period. Primary amenorrhea occurs if an adolescent female has not yet begun menstruation by around age 16 or so.
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amenorrhea - absence or cessation of menstrual periods.
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Amenorrhea is the absence of menstruation. Menstruation is a woman's monthly period.
Primary amenorrhea is when a girl has not yet started her monthly periods, and she:
Has gone through other normal changes that occur during puberty
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Some women experience postembolization syndrome. Symptoms of this condition may include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Amenorrhea: Absence or suppression of menstruation.
Dysmenorrhea: Painful or difficult menstruation.
Metrorrhagia: Bleeding between periods.
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Chromosomal or genetic abnormalities can cause the eggs and follicles involved in menstruation to deplete too early in life.
Hypothalamic amenorrhea represents an acquired form of GnRH deficiency that occurs predominantly among young women and may be associated with excessive exercise, extreme weight loss, or psychogenic stress.
American spelling: amenorrhea-galactorrhea syndrome
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In females, amenorrhea (cessation of the menstrual cycle for at least three consecutive months when otherwise expected) is one of the hallmark symptoms of anorexia.
The signs and symptoms of this disorder are protean, and usually consist in weight gain or obesity, acne, amenorrhea, oligomenorrhea, infertility, oily skin, depression, hair loss and the deepening of the voice.
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