Absence of menstruation or Amenorrhea symptoms and causes


About- Absence of menstruation also called Amenorrhea is the condition when women missed one or more menstrual periods.
There are two types of amenorrhea-
 Primary amenorrhea- Absence of the first period in a young woman by the age of 16

 Secondary amenorrhea- occurs when the normal menstrual period stops for three months or longer
 
Symptoms-
The main symptom of 
Amenorrhea is the absence of menstrual periods. Other symptoms may include
 Changes in breast size
 Headache
 Increased facial hair growth
 Milky nipple discharge
 Unexplained Weight gain or weight loss
 
Causes-
 Pregnancy
 Breastfeeding
 Use of birth control pills
Use of certain medications including Antipsychotics, Cancer chemotherapy, Antidepressants, Blood pressure drugs, Allergy medications
 Low body weight
 Poor nutrition or malnutrition
 Excessive exercise
 Mental stress
 Thyroid malfunction
 Pituitary tumor
 Uterine scarring
 Poorly formed reproductive organs including uterus, cervix or vagina
 Structural abnormality of the vagina
 High levels of testosterone
 Müllerian defects


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