Primary and secondary amenorrhea

Description:

Distinguish primary amenorrhea - lack of periods at girls is more senior than 16 years, and a secondary amenorrhea - the termination of periods for the term of more than 6 months at women with earlier established menstrual cycle.

Symptoms of Primary and secondary amenorrhea:

Primary amenorrhea — morbid condition at which the periods never were in life. On the level of defeat of reproductive system primary amenorrhea is conditionally divided on cerebral, hypothalamic, pituitary, adrenal, ovarian, uterine.

Reasons of Primary and secondary amenorrhea:

Primary amenorrhea meets at Turner's syndrome, a dysgenesis of gonads, nonsensitivity to androgens (a syndrome of testicular feminization), Kallmann's syndrome.

Treatment of Primary and secondary amenorrhea:

Methods of treatment of an amenorrhea primary depends on the fact that the main reason. The girls who are lagging behind development of reproductive organs of the peers - to them doctors recommend the special diet directed to increase in muscular and fatty tissue, and also special replacement hormonal therapy for assistance to development of secondary sexual characteristics and approach of periods. The entire period of treatment is followed by strict observation of the specialist.
  In a situation when the periods became result of any anatomic features (such as a hymen fusion of a vagina or the channel) usually treat by surgical intervention. Special tools will make  a section which will be intended afterwards for an effluence of menstrual blood. Such practice is absolutely safe and can be executed without the general anesthesia.