Causes of Amenorrhea
Causes of Amenorrhea
Amenorrhea can have many different causes. Causes of primary amenorrhea (when the woman has not had her first period) include, but are not limited to chromosomal abnormalities, pituitary or adrenal gland tumors, obesity, pregnancy, malnutrition and polycystic ovarian syndrome. Secondary amenorrhea (when a woman stops having periods after normal menstruation) may be caused by menopause, pregnancy, over-exercising, malnutrition, stress and polycystic ovarian syndrome, among other causes.
List of causes of Amenorrhea
Following is a list of causes or underlying conditions
(see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Amenorrhea)
that could possibly cause Amenorrhea includes:
- Pregnancy
- Breast feeding
- Exercise - might lead to skipping a period.
- Stress - can cause menstrual irregularity.
- Illness - can cause menstrual irregularity.
- Major life changes - can cause menstrual irregularity.
- Major emotional trauma - issues such as grief, depression, or anxiety
- Depression
- Grief
- Anxiety
- Menopause
- Obesity
- Underweight
- Excessive dieting
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Female athlete syndrome
- Curettage - complications such as adhesions.
- Asherman's syndrome
- Hypothalamus disorders
- Pituitary disorders
- Ovarian hormone disorders
- Adrenal disorders
- Thyroid disorders
- Reproductive disorders
- Lipodystrophy, familial partial, type 3 (FPLD3) - primary amenorrhea
- Dystrophia myotonica 1 - amenorrhea
- Alcoholism - absent periods
- C21-hydroxylase deficiency
- Denys-Drash syndrome
- Idiopathic premature ovarian failure
- Kallmann syndrome
- Hypogonadism
- Prior to puberty
- Congenital uterus abnormality
- Imperforate hymen
- GnRH deficiency
- Hyperprolactinemia - absence of menstrual periods
- Cushing's syndrome - missed periods
- XY female - Amenorrhea
- Pituitary tumors, adult - amenorrhea
- Ovarian insufficiency due to FSH resistance - absent menstruation
- Dosage-sensitive sex reversal - primary amenorrhea
- Celiac Disease - missed menstrual periods
- Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome - lack of periods
- Adrenal hypoplasia congenital, X-linked - absent menstruation
- Frasier syndrome
- Vaginal agenesis
- Sheehan's syndrome
- Diabetes mellitus type 2
- Thyrotoxicosis
- Myxoedema
- Anaemia
- Congenital absence of uterus
- Transverse vaginal septum
- New job stress
- Recent surgical damage to ovary
- Mumps
- Anovulation - Amenorrhea
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Perimenopause (around the time of the menopause)
- Type 2 diabetes - absent periods
- Prolactinoma - amenorrhea
- Masculinisation - menstrual cessation
- Follicle-stimulating hormone deficiency, isolated - primary amenorrhea
- Amenorrhea - Absent menstrual periods
- Achard-Thiers Syndrome - absent menstruation
- Spironolactone
- Anxiety disorder
- Hypothalamic tumor
- Forbes-Albright syndrome
- Chronic mercury poisoning
- Dystrophia adipose-genitalis
- Simmond's disease
- Imperforate cervix
- Absence of vagina
- Turner syndrome
- Narrow cervix
- Brain tumor
- Hyperthyroidism - menstrual cessation
- Hormonal disorders
- Cessation of oral contraceptives
- Ovary damage
- Premature ovarian failure
- Bulimia
- Ovarioleukodystrophy - amenorrhea
- Laron-type dwarfism - delayed menarche
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia - amenorrhea
- Renal failure, chronic
- Cyclophosphamide
- Addison's disease - Amenorrhea
- Pseudocyesis
- Late stage of some forms of heart disease
- Prior dilatation and currettage
- Adrenal disorder
- Vitamin A embryopathy - Amenorrhoea
- Ovarian insufficiency, familial - absent menstruation
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 - amenorrhea
- Klotz syndrome - primary amenorrhea
- Hypergonadotropic ovarian failure - amenorrhea
- CCFDN - amenorrhea
- 18p minus syndrome - amenorrhea
- Cortisone reductase deficiency
- Prolactin secreting pituitary tumour
- Pituitary tumour
- Combined oral contraceptive pill
- Chiari-Frommel syndrome
- Acromegaly
- Stein-Leventhal syndrome
- Ovarian agenesis
- Vaginal closure due to injury
- Double uterus with retention
- Exam preparation stress
- Virilizing ovarian tumor - absent menstruation
- Insulin resistance, short fifth metacarpals - secondary amenorrhea
- Gordan-Overstreet syndrome - primary amenorrhea
- Gonadal dysgenesis, XX type - amenorrhea in females
- Chromosome 15q duplication syndrome - amenorrhea
- Bearn-Kunkel syndrome - amenorrhea
- Gonadotrophin releasing hormone
- Incomplete androgen insensitivity
- Werner's syndrome
- Autoimmune adrenalitis
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Nandrolone
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Testicular feminization
- Corpus luteum cyst (type of Ovarian cysts)
- Chronic morphine poisoning
- Dietetic deficiency
- Emotional stress
- Fröhlich's syndrome
- Malignant growth
- Hodgkin's disease
- Leukamia
- Ovarian destruction by irradiation
- Ovarian destruction by pelvic inflammation
- Ovarian destruction by double ovarian growth
- Congenital absence of ovaries
- Cervical closure following an operation
- Haematocolpos
- Endometrial scarring
- Kallmann's syndrome
- Masculinization disorders
- Radiotherapy - causing ovary damage
- Autoimmune ovary disorder
- Excessive exercise (see Exercise symptoms)
- Low body fat
- Emaciation
- Tubal ligation syndrome - absent menstruation
- Satoyoshi syndrome - amenorrhea
- Pituitary Cancer - delayed menarche
- Mullerian aplasia - absent menstruation
- Laron syndrome type 1 - delayed menarche
- Autoimmune Hepatitis - amenorrhea
- 47,XXX syndrome - amenorrhea
- Isolated disordered steroidogenesis
- Antipsychotic agents
- Blepharophimosis syndrome
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Galactorrhoea-Hyperprolactinaemia
- Cytotoxic therapeutic agents
- Testicular feminization syndrome
- Amenorrhea-lactation disorder (see Amenorrhea)
- Adrenocrotical hypofunction (see Adrenal gland symptoms)
- Adrenocortical hyperplasia (see Adrenal gland symptoms)
- Oral contraceptive use
- Suggestion-fear of pregnancy
- Cretinism
- Late stage of cirrhosis of the liver
- Haematosalpinx
- Lack of uterus
- Double uterus
- Excess prolactin - see also causes of nipple discharge
- Prader-Willi syndrome - amenorrhea
- Michels-Caskey syndrome - primary amenorrhea
- Laron syndrome type 2 - delayed menarche
- Galactorrhea - absent menstruation
- Testosterone
- Medroxyprogesterone acetate
- Fluoxymesterone
- Haemosiderosis
- Malabsorption syndrome
- Cushing's disease
- Conn's syndrome
- Autoimmune oophoritis
- Chronic lead poisoning
- Climate change
- Polycystic ovary
- Arrhenoblastoma
- Primary hypothalamic-pituitary failure
- Prolonged suppuration
- Tuberculosis
- Haematometra
- Normal adolescents - some girls start menstruating later than others.
- Emotional disorders
- Adrenal tumor
- Turner's syndrome
- Weight gain
- Low weight
- Perimenopause - missed periods
- Obesity due to prohormone convertase-I deficiency - primary amenorrhea
- Noonan syndrome 3 - primary amenorrhea
- Gonadal dysgenesis Turner type - amenorrhea
- Chromosome 17p, partial deletion - delayed menarche
- Hypokalaemic distal renal tubular acidosis
- Galactosemia type 1
- Metoclopramide
- Hydatidiform mole
- Ovarian cancer
- Polycystic ovary syndrome - absent periods
- Ovarian insensitivity to gonadotropins
- Granulosa-cell tumor
- Anterior pituitary failure
- Weight loss
- Diabetes - absent periods
- Hysterectomy
- Gonadal dysgenesis - amenorrhea
- Cervical closure due to injury
- Imperforate vagina
- Pituitary tumor
- Hypothyroidism
- Anorexia
- Rapid weight loss
- Tetrasomy X - absent menstruation
- Resistance to LH (luteinizing hormone) - amenorrhea
- Progeria short stature pigmented nevi - amenorrhea
- Panhypopituitarism - amenorrhea
- Hypogonadism -- retinitis pigmentosa - absent menstruation
- Herbal Agent overdose -- Cottonseed - absent menstruation
- Hepatocellular carcinoma (fibrolamellar variant) - amenorrhea
- Aromatase deficiency - primary amenorrhea
- Adrenal cortex tumours
- Mullerian dysgenesis
- Ahumada-Del Castillo syndrome
- Stanozolol
- Trisomy X
- Pseudoamenorrhea
- Chronic alcohol poisoning (see Alcohol abuse)
- Some fevers
- Adrenal cortical tumor (see Adrenal gland symptoms)
- Absence of ovarian hormones
- Late stages of nephritis
- Uterine hypoplasia
- Complications from D&C procedure
- Busy lifestyle
- Severe disease - any type of serious disease may affect menstruation.
- Hypopituitarism
- Rokitansky-Küster-Haüser syndrome - primary amenorrhea
- Pseudohermaphroditism, female -- skeletal anomalies - amenorrhea
- FSH-resistant ovaries (FSH-RO) - primary amenorrhea
- Swyer syndrome
- Ethanol
- Gonadal dysgenesis (female)
- Primary affective disorder
- FSH receptor deficiency
- Insanity
- Vaginal closure due to fever
- Congenital cervix abnormality
- Major lifestyle changes
- Travel stress
- Emotional turmoil
- Ovarian dysgensis
- Starvation
More causes:see full list of causes for Amenorrhea
Causes of Amenorrhea (Diseases Database):
The follow list shows some of the possible medical causes of Amenorrhea
that are listed by the Diseases Database:
Source: Diseases Database
Amenorrhea: Related Medical Conditions
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Amenorrhea: Causes and Types
Causes of Types of Amenorrhea: Review the cause informationfor the various 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.
- Premenopausal amenorrhea - reduction or absence due to menopause.
- Traumatic amenorrhea
- more types...»
Causes of Broader Categories of Amenorrhea: Review the causal information about the various more general categories of medical conditions:
Amenorrhea as a complication of other conditions:
Other conditions that might have
Amenorrhea as a complication may,
potentially, be an underlying cause of Amenorrhea.
Our database lists the following as having
Amenorrhea as a complication of that condition:
Amenorrhea as a symptom:
Conditions listing Amenorrhea
as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Amenorrhea.
Our database lists the following as having
Amenorrhea as a symptom of that condition:
Medications or substances causing Amenorrhea:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Amenorrhea as a symptom.
This list is incomplete and various other drugs or substances
may cause your symptoms.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
See full list of 12
medications causing Amenorrhea
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