Secondary Amenorrhea: Causes, Symptoms, and Diagnosis | Secondary amenorrhea

SecondaryAmenorrheaMedicallyreviewedbyMichaelWeber,M.D.—WrittenbyEricaRoth—UpdatedonSeptember17,2018CausesSymptomsDiagnosisTreatmentsWhatissecondaryamenorrhea?Amenorrheaistheabsenceofmenstruation.Secondaryamenorrheaoccurswhenyou’vehadatleastonemenstrualperiodandyoustopmenstruatingforthreemonthsorlonger.Secondaryamenorrheaisdifferentfromprimaryamenorrhea.Itusuallyoccursifyouhaven’thadyourfirstmenstrualperiodbyage16.Avarietyoffactorscancontributetothiscondition,including:birthcontrolusecertainmedicationsthattreatcancer,psychosis,orschizophreniahormoneshotsmedicalconditionssuchashypothyroidismbeingoverweightorunderweightReadmore:15possibleconditionsthatstopmenstruation?»Secondaryamenorrheausuallyisn’tharmfultoyourhealth.Itcanbetreatedeffectivelyinmostcases.Buttoavoidcomplicationsyoumustaddresstheunderlyingconditionsthatcauseamenorrhea.Whatcausessecondaryamenorrhea?Duringanormalmenstrualcycle,estrogenlevelsrise.Estrogenisahormoneresponsibleforsexualandreproductivedevelopmentinwomen.Highestrogenlevelscausetheliningoftheuterustogrowandthicken.Astheliningofthewombthickens,yourbodyreleasesaneggintooneoftheovaries.Theeggwillbreakapartifaman’sspermdoesn’tfertilizeit.Thiscausesestrogenlevelstodrop.Duringyourmenstrualperiodyoushedthethickeneduterineliningandextrabloodthroughthevagina.Butthisprocesscanbedisruptedbycertainfactors.HormonalimbalancesAhormonalimbalanceisthemostcommoncauseofsecondaryamenorrhea.Ahormonalimbalancecanoccurasaresultof:tumorsonthepituitaryglandanoveractivethyroidglandlowestrogenlevelshightestosteronelevelsHormonalbirthcontrolcanalsocontributetosecondaryamenorrhea.Depo-Provera,ahormonalbirthcontrolshot,andhormonalbirthcontrolpills,maycauseyoutomissmenstrualperiods.Certainmedicaltreatmentsandmedications,suchaschemotherapyandantipsychoticdrugs,canalsotriggeramenorrhea.StructuralissuesConditionssuchaspolycysticovarysyndrome(PCOS)cancausehormonalimbalancesthatleadtothegrowthofovariancysts.Ovariancystsarebenign,ornoncancerous,massesthatdevelopintheovaries.PCOSc

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