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===Definition=== | ===Definition=== | ||
Menarche is delayed; the onset of periods hasn't happened by the age of 16, even though secondary sexual characteristics, thelarche (growth of [[breasts]]) and adrenarche (growth of pubic hair), have occured. | Menarche is delayed; the onset of periods hasn't happened by the age of 16, even though secondary sexual characteristics, thelarche (growth of [[breasts]]) and adrenarche (growth of pubic hair), have occured. | ||
=== | ===Common Causes=== | ||
They are mostly odd, genetic and rare, except for the first one | |||
*[[Anorexia nervosa]] - this is the most common by quite a long way. | |||
* | *Congenital genital tract malformations - Turners, Mullerian agenesis, etc. | ||
* | *Androgen insufficiency | ||
===Investigations=== | ===Investigations=== | ||
===Management=== | ===Management=== | ||
===Prognosis=== | ===Prognosis=== | ||
==Secondary amenorrhoea== | ==Secondary amenorrhoea== | ||
Absense of a [[menstrual period]] in a women of reproductive age. | Absense of a [[menstrual period]] in a women of reproductive age. |
Revision as of 16:45, 31 October 2008
Amenorrhoea is absense of a menstrual period in a women of reproductive age. However, it presents in two key ways: at the onset of periods, and during reproductive years:
Primary amenorrhoea
Definition
Menarche is delayed; the onset of periods hasn't happened by the age of 16, even though secondary sexual characteristics, thelarche (growth of breasts) and adrenarche (growth of pubic hair), have occured.
Common Causes
They are mostly odd, genetic and rare, except for the first one
- Anorexia nervosa - this is the most common by quite a long way.
- Congenital genital tract malformations - Turners, Mullerian agenesis, etc.
- Androgen insufficiency
Investigations
Management
Prognosis
Secondary amenorrhoea
Absense of a menstrual period in a women of reproductive age.
Epidemiology
Pathophysiology
- Secondary -