Review Note
Last Update: 06/10/2024 12:58 AM
Current Deck: SLS Cards::10. Pediatric growth and nutrition
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Commit #107666
Describe primary versus secondary amenorrhea
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Commit #107666
Primary = no prior menstruation
- No period by 15 or within 3 years of thelarche
- No period by 13 and no evidence of secondary sex characteristics
- DDx
- Uterus and outflow tract
- Mullerian agenesis
- Imperforate hymen
- Hypothalamus
- Hypothalamic amenorrhea
- Pituitary
- Pituitary adenoma
- Ovary
- Genetic or chromosomal
- Chronic illnesses
- Nutritional deficiencies
- No period for 3 months
- < 9 cycles per year
- DDx
- Pregnancy
- Hypothalamus
- Pituitary
- Breastfeeding (high prolactin --> suppresses pituitary)
- Contraceptives, hormonal
- Thyroid disorders
- Ovary
- Menopause
- PCOS
- Medications
- Chronic illness/ stress
- Eating disorders
- Excessive exercise