Diagnostic Tests for Amenorrhea

Diagnostic Test list for Amenorrhea:

The list of diagnostic tests mentioned in various sources as used in the diagnosis of Amenorrhea includes:

• Physical examination - weight, height, BMI.
• Hirsuitism, acne and excess weight in polycystic ovaries
• Masculinisation in polycystic ovaries , adrenal or ovarian tumor
• Evidence of abnormal or absent secondary sexual characteristics
• Vaginal examination - looking for imperforate hymen, imperforate vagina, absence of vagina, cervical stenosis, absence of uterus.
• Blood tests
  • Pregnancy test
  • Serum prolactin - elevated in prolactinoma , stress , due to certain medications.
  • FSH , LH , Oestradiol (elevated FSH and LH , reduced Oestradiol in primary ovarian failure; elevated LH/FSH ratio in polycystic ovarian syndrome; reduced FSH , LH and Oestradiol in hypopituitarism and hypothalamic disorders)
  • Free testosterone ( elevated in polycystic ovarian syndrome)
  • Thyroid function test - to diagnose thyroid hypofunction or hyperfunction.
  • Serum cortisol and cortisol suppression test ( may suggest adrenal cortex tumor)
• Radiology investigations
  • CT Brain or MRI Brain if prolactin elevated to look for prolactinoma
• Buccal smear for sex chromogens - if suspect Turner's syndrome.

Home Diagnostic Testing

These home medical tests may be relevant to Amenorrhea causes:

• Menopause: Related Home Testing:
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• 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

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