Menstruation disorder

If menstruation is normal, then a woman's bleeding from the vagina will be regular and monthly. The period between two menstruations is called the menstrual cycle. Typically, the cycle is twenty-eight days, but fluctuations are possible( usually from twenty-one to thirty-five days).Menstruation usually lasts three to five days, with fluctuations from two to seven days.

The volume of menstrual flow can vary from fifty to one hundred and fifty milliliters. Abrupt climate change, diseases, stress - all this can affect the duration of the menstrual cycle, its acceleration or delay. If the characteristics of menstruation have changed, there are painful sensations - means, there is a disorder of the menstrual cycle.

Types of disorders

If within six months or more there is no menstruation, then talk about amenorrhea. If a woman is pregnant or breastfeeding, then for her, physiological amenorrhea is considered the norm. It is also the norm for immature girls or for women in menopause.

Speak about the presence of dysmenorrhea, if during menstruation, a woman has poor health, weakness, nausea, fainting or diarrhea, and menstruation themselves are painful.

By hypomenorrhea is understood as an obvious reduction in the volume of menstruation due to a reduction in its daily volume or duration. The regularity of menstruation is disturbed.

Rare menstruation is called oligomenorrhea. A specialist can prescribe a woman with such a diagnosis if the menstrual period does not exceed seven times a year.

Polymenorea, in contrast to oligomenorrhoea, is characterized by frequent menstruation. If there is less than twenty-one days between menstruation, then this is an occasion to turn to a specialist, even if a woman is used to it.

Hypermenorrhea or menorrhagia is characterized by an increase in the volume of menstrual blood, which occurs due to an increase in its daily volume or an increase in the duration of bleeding. The period between menstruation, as a rule, remains normal.

Metrorrhagia is called acyclic monthly, having a different intensity. This process, as a rule, alternates with amenorrhea. The presence of bleeding between menstruation or spotting is also a metrorrhagia.

Causes of disorders of the

cycle There are a lot of violations, as well as their causes. There are times when the disorder provokes several diseases at once. A frequent cause of violations can be called various failures in the hormonal system. In addition, there are several other causes of the cycle:

• heredity;
• vitamin deficiency;
• chronic inflammatory diseases;
• surgical intervention;
• infections that are sexually transmitted;
• excessive exposure to the sun;
• diseases of the genital organs;
• stress, mental trauma;
• liver disease.

If the hormonal system fails, it can not only disrupt the cycle and cause PMS, but also contribute to weight gain, skin deterioration( the appearance of acne, high fat content), hairy atypical sites or excessive hairiness( hirsutism).

Diagnostics

In order to understand the cause of the cycle violation, the following methods are used:

• ultrasound;
• hysteroscopy;
• hormonal examination;
• examination of a gynecologist-endocrinologist;
• study for the presence of infections that are sexually transmitted;
• study of the pituitary and brain.

The number and necessity of the examinations should be determined by the doctor, as for every woman everything is individual.

Treatment of

The process of treatment depends on what the reason contributed to this violation. If it is a case of hidden infections, then it is necessary to cure them;If the cause is in endocrine disorders, then hormonotherapy can help. A positive effect can be observed after vitamin therapy and reflexotherapy. It is important to note that the disorder cycle is not always a disease and is amenable to correction. In order to cure some types of violations, it is sometimes necessary to completely change the way of life - to embark on a path of recovery.