Amenorrhea

Amenorrhea: Introduction

Amenorrhea: The absence of a menstrual period is called Amenorrhea. This condition describes women who have not had a period in their teenage years or women who used to have a ... more about Amenorrhea.

Amenorrhea: Absence of menstrual periods due to many possible causes. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Amenorrhea is available below.

Symptoms of Amenorrhea

• Absent menstrual periods
• Reduced menstrual period flow
• more symptoms...»

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Amenorrhea:

• Pregnancy -- Related Home Testing:
  • Home Pregnancy Tests
  • Home Early Pregnancy Tests
  • Home Ovulation Tests
  • Home Fertility Tests
  • Home Rhesus/RH Blood Type Tests
  • Home Fetal Tests
• Menopause: Related Home Testing:
  • Home Menopause Tests
  • Home FSH Hormone Tests
  • Home Osteoporosis Testing
• Vaginal Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Vaginal Infection Tests
  • Home Vaginal PH Tests
  • Home Yeast Infection Tests
  • Home Candida Kits
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Test Kits
  • Home Bladder Test Kits
• Breast Cancer: Related Home Tests:
  • Home Breast Cancer Test Kits
  • Home Breast Lump Detection
• more tests...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Amenorrhea

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Wrongly Diagnosed with Amenorrhea?

• Misdiagnosis of Amenorrhea
• Failure to diagnose Amenorrhea
• Hidden causes of Amenorrhea (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Amenorrhea

Amenorrhea: Medical Mistakes

• Women's Health Mistakes:
  • Womens Health -- Health Mistakes
  • Contraception -- Health Mistakes
  • Fertility -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Amenorrhea: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Amenorrhea:

• Mom & Baby
• Pregnancy
• Womens Health
• more product offers...»

Amenorrhea: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Women's Reproductive Health: diseases that are commonly undiagnosed:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • PCOS -- Undiagnosed
  • Chlamydia -- Undiagnosed
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cervical Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Breast Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Amenorrhea

Unnecessary hysterectomies due to undiagnosed bleeding disorder in women: The bleeding disorder called Von Willebrand's disease is quite common in women, but often fails to be...read more »

Rare type of breast cancer without a lump: There is a less common form of breast cancer called inflammatory breast cancer. Its symptoms can be an inflammation of the breast...read more »

Female athlete syndrome leads to undiagnosed osteoporosis: Younger women are not usually considered as candidates for diagnosis of osteoporosis. However, a pattern of three conditions can occur in female athletes: disordered eating...read more »

Ectopic pregnancy can be life threatening: Ectopic pregnancy is one of the leading causes of death in the 1st trimester. Physicians must not depend only on the physical symptoms...read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Amenorrhea

Amenorrhea: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Pregnancy & Fertility Health Specialists:
  • Maternal & Fetal Medicine
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• Womens Health Specialists:
  • Gynecological Oncology
• more specialists...»

Other doctor, physician and specialist research services:

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• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Amenorrhea

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Amenorrhea:

• Womens Health -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Amenorrhea, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Amenorrhea: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Women's Reproductive Health -- rare types of diseases:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • PCOS -- Rare Types
  • Chlamydia -- Rare Types
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cervical Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Breast Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Rare Types
  • more ...»
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Amenorrhea

• Pregnancy
• Breast feeding
• Exercise - might lead to skipping a period.
• Stress - can cause menstrual irregularity.
• Illness - can cause menstrual irregularity.
• more causes...»

See full list of 262 causes of Amenorrhea

More information about causes of Amenorrhea:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Amenorrhea (12 listings)
• Underlying causes of Amenorrhea
• Amenorrhea as a complication caused by other conditions
• Amenorrhea as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Amenorrhea

Latest Treatments for Amenorrhea

• Progesterone supplements
• Oral contraceptives
• Dietary modifications
• more treatments...»

Read more about the latest treatments for Amenorrhea

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Patient Surveys for Amenorrhea

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Reseach about Amenorrhea

Visit our research pages for current research about Amenorrhea treatments.

Clinical Trials for Amenorrhea

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Amenorrhea include:

• Ovarian Follicle Function in Patients With Premature Ovarian Failure - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - OCRH
• Study of Leptin for the Treatment of Hypothalamic Amenorrhea - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - r-metHuLeptin
• A Double-Blind Randomized Trial to Evaluate DR-2021 in Women With Secondary Amenorrhea - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - DR-2021,Micronized Progesterone
• Pulsatile GnRH in Anovulatory Infertility - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - GnRH
• Safety and Efficacy of PROMETRIUM Capsules in Induction of Secretory Conversion - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - progesterone
• more trials...»

See full list of 13 Clinical Trials for Amenorrhea

Statistics for Amenorrhea

• Medical statistics for Amenorrhea
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Amenorrhea
• Death and Mortality statistics for Amenorrhea
• Society statistics for Amenorrhea

Amenorrhea: Broader Related Topics

• Menstrual conditions
• Vagina conditions
• more types...»

Types of Amenorrhea

Types of Amenorrhea

• Pregnancy-caused amenorrhea
• Dietary amenorrhea - from weight loss, but not with psychological problems such as anorexia nervosa.
• Dysponderal amenorrhea - weight-related from obesity or excessive thinness (e.g. anorexia nervosa).
• Primary amenorrhea - failure to occur at puberty.
• Relative amenorrhea - reduced menstrual flow.
• more types...»

See full list of 10 Types of Amenorrhea

Stories from Users Related to Amenorrhea

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Article Excerpts about Amenorrhea

The absence of a menstrual period is called Amenorrhea. This condition describes women who have not had a period in their teenage years or women who used to have a regular period that has stopped. (Source: excerpt from Menstruation: NWHIC)

Definitions of Amenorrhea:

Absence of menses for three months or more. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow - (Source - WordNet 2.1)