Menstruation

Menstruation - absent
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The absence of menstrual flow may be primary (menstruation fails to begin before age 16) or secondary (menstruation begins at the appropriate age, ...
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Menstruation, retrograde: The flow of menstrual blood from the uterus into the fallopian tubes, and potentially into the abdomen. This condition can lead to endometriosis.
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Painful menstruation affects many women. For a small number of women, such discomfort makes it next to impossible to perform normal household, job, or school-related activities for a few days during each menstrual cycle.
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Abnormal Menstruation
In the United States, girls typically experience their first menstrual cycle between 12 and 13 years of age, although it may occur at any time between the ages of 9 and 16.
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Menstruation is one part of a woman's menstrual cycle which includes the shedding of the endometrium (lining of the uterus) that occurs throughout a woman's reproductive life.
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Menstruation
Amenorrhea
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Menorrhagia (heavy menstrual bleeding)
Menstrual cramps (dysmenorrhea)
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Menstruation and pregnancy. The changing levels of hormones affect the rate at which fluid enters and leaves the tissues.
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Menstruation that is accompanied by either sharp, intermittent pain or dull, aching pain in the pelvis or lower abdomen.
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menstruation
The periodic discharge of blood and tissues from the uterus. This usually occurs about every four weeks in a woman who isn't pregnant. Also called "a period."
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menstruation (MEN-stroo-AY-shun)
Periodic discharge of blood and tissue from the uterus. From puberty until menopause, menstruation occurs about every 28 days when a woman is not pregnant.
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CAUSES"Menstruation is also called menarche. Women whose general health and resistance are good are less likely to have menstrual problems.
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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.
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Menopause, the normal age-related end of menstruation
Premature ovarian failure (menopause before age 40)
Hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus)
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Eventually, production of reproductive hormones declines, and in women, the decline results in menopause, when menstruation stops. In women, bone loss occurs rapidly in the perimenopausal years (see What is Bone Loss?).
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While many women feel cleaner if they douche after menstruation or intercourse, it may actually worsen vaginal discharge because it removes healthy bacteria lining the vagina that are there to protect you from infection.
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Women are more likely than men to have anemia because of the loss of blood each month through menstruation. Iron deficiency anemia is common and in adults is most often due to chronic blood loss.
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The retrograde menstruation theory (transtubal migration theory) suggests that during menstruation some of the menstrual tissue backs up through the fallopian tubes, implants in the abdomen, and grows.
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hydrochloride) Indication: treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), characterized by severe mood and physical symptoms occurring regularly in the luteal phase of a patient's menstrual cycle and disappearing after onset of menstruation.
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Many women experience mood changes before menstruation. Physical and emotional premenstrual symptoms that interfere with relationships or responsibilities are known as premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
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Early age at menarche (menstruation).
Older age at first birth or never having given birth.
A personal history of breast cancer or benign (noncancer) breast disease.
A mother or sister with breast cancer.
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The most telling signs are development of what are known as secondary sex characteristics—breasts, pubic hair and menstruation in girls, and pubic hair, enlarged penis and testicles, facial hair and vocal deepening in boys.
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MENOPAUSE - The cessation of menstruation; occurring normally between the ages of 45 and 50. The change of life.
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Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is an acute infection that is sometimes associated with tampon use during menstruation.
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Although, pregnancy is the most common cause of absence of period or menstruation (amenorrhea), many times, the women will also assure me that they are definitely not pregnant. So, what else can cause an absence of menstruation?
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Menopause is the time in your life when menstruation stops permanently (when you stop having menstrual periods for at least 12 months in a row). It usually happens between the ages of 45 and 55.
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during menstruation, some of the endometrial tissue backs up through the fallopian tubes into the abdomen
genetics play a role, with some families being more prone to endometriosis ...
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Additional symptoms that may be associated with this disease include amenorrhea (absence of menstruation).
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Changing hormone levels, especially during puberty, menstruation, and pregnancy
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Food - missing meals and hunger. Some people do identify specific foods and drinks as triggers.
Hormones - for example menstruation.
Environment - heat, cold, light, noise.
Stress - anxiety, physical and mental fatigue.
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Hormone replacement therapy
Hormone replacement therapy is usually just called HRT. It is recommended to women during and after the menopause, the end of menstruation.
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make it more or less likely that an individual might develop a certain disease or experience a change in their health status. The risk factors for breast disease are a first degree relative with breast cancer, a high fat diet, early menstruation, ...
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They also used it to enhance milk production in lactating females. In the 1800s it was a popular home remedy for fever and joint pain. It was also used at that time as a diuretic and to bring on menstruation.
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an urgent need to urinate (urgency), a frequent need to urinate (frequency), or a combination of these symptoms. Pain may change in intensity as the bladder fills with urine or as it empties. Women's symptoms often get worse during menstruation.
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