Problem with Menstruation
Some ladies face abnormal periods that generally stop for 6 months or more are alleged to have amenorrhea or the absence of menstruation which is a. K. A secondary amenorrhea. Here it is worth to say that girls who don’t menstruate by the age of 16 have first amenorrhea. Secondary amenorrhea does not include minor lateness of a period and in case of some women, menstrual cycles of 5-6 weeks are quite normal. Stress is also a substantial factor and at times when you worry that you are or not pregnant also leads your period to be late by a week or two. Severe emotional and physical stress or mental health issues could even cause the periods to obstruct or stop for a long time. Amenorrhea at a higher stage also leads to problems with the hormones that regulate menstruation. The glands that produce hormones influencing menstruation include the pituitary gland at the base of the brain, the adrenal glands on the apex of the kidneys, the thyroid gland in the neck and the ovaries. It can take a period from six months to a year for normal periods to resume after a woman stops taking birth control pills because the pill blocks certain hormones concerned in menstruation and it can also take long for those hormones to return to normal which are involved in menstruation. Menstruation also stops during pregnancy. In the event of some ladies, menstruation either stops or never stops because their ovaries don’t respond properly to those hormones that trigger the release of an egg. These girls are also not able to ovulate on their lonesome and thus menstruation isn’t likely without ovulation. Some ladies do not even produce enough estrogen hormones to ovulate. Other reasons of amenorrhea are ovarian cysts and obstructions or other problems in the reproductive tract. Other things that could cause menstruation to stop includes unnecessary exercise, obesity, bad eating habits, diabetes, chronic sickness, tuberculosis, medications including contraception tablets, drugs, major tranquilizers and cancer chemotherapy drugs. In some rare cases of first amenorrhea, there is no opening in the hymen through which the blood flows and about one 3rd of girls with first amenorrhea have a genetic disorder or problem with their reproductive tract.
If you find the information above educational and useful, read more about pregnancy and birth at pregnancy101.org and have a look at menstrual cycle disorders.
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