Menstrual irregularities Treatments
Menstrual irregularities: Treatments Inroduction
Although menstrual irregularities may not be curable in all cases, there are treatments available to minimize symptoms, allowing many women to lead a normal, active life and to conceive a healthy pregnancy.
Treatment for menstrual irregularities consists of a multi-faceted plan that is individualized to the type of irregularity, the underlying cause, the severity and the presence of complications.
Women with no or minimal symptoms of menstrual irregularities may not need any treatment other than regular medical care to keep an eye on the development of the underlying disorder. This might occur with such conditions as an irregular period due to puberty or perimenopause.
Mild to moderate menstrual discomfort and pain may be relieved by use of over-the-counter pain relievers, such as ibuprofen, warm baths and compresses, and regular exercise.
Some underlying conditions, such as endometriosis may be treated with hormone or hormone-like drugs, such as birth control pills or injections, which suppress abnormal endometrial tissue from growing and causing menstrual irregularities. Other drugs are used to create a temporary state of menopause, which can stop the growth of endometrial tissue. Heavy menstrual periods and painful menstrual periods may also be treated with hormones.
Reducing excessive weight may also be helpful in treating some conditions that underlie menstrual irregularities.
Surgical procedures may also be performed for some women with certain underlying causes of menstrual irregularities, such as severe endometriosis or uterine cancer.
Menstrual irregularities: Treatments
Some of the possible treatments for Menstrual irregularities from various sources may include:
Treatments for Causes of Menstrual irregularities
Review the treatment information pages for various causes of Menstrual irregularities:
- Stress
- Uterine cancer - Abnormal vaginal bleeding
- Dysfunctional uterine bleeding - vaginal bleeding longer than normal periods
- Endometriosis - pelvic pain between periods
- Uterine fibroids - excessive menstrual bleeding
- Endometrial carcinoma
- Sarcoma
- Abdominal Cancer - irregular periods
- Acquired prothrombin deficiency - abnormal menstrual bleeding
- Actinomycosis - abnormal vaginal bleeding and vaginal discharge
- Acute non lymphoblastic leukemia - prolonged menstrual bleeding
- Acute promyelocytic leukemia - irregular menstrual periods
- Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell - abnormal vaginal bleeding
- Adenosarcoma of the uterus - post-menopausal bleeding
- Adnexal and Skin Appendage Neoplasms - irregular menstruation
- Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital (General) - irregular menstruation
- Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome - delayed menarche
- Anorexia Nervosa - irregular menstrual periods
- Aplastic anemia - menstrual abnormalities
- Attenuated congenital adrenal hyperplasia - irregular menstruation
- Autoimmune Hepatitis - amenorrhea
- Autoimmune thyroid disease associated Celiac Disease - Missed menstrual periods
- Birth control pill poisoning - excessive menstrual bleeding
- Blepharophimosis, Ptosis, Epicanthus Inversus Syndrome - menstrual irregularity
- Blepharophimosis, Ptosis, Epicanthus Inversus Syndrome, type 1 - menstrual irregularity
- BXO - bleeding or ulceration with sex
- Celiac Disease - missed menstrual periods
- Chlamydia - vaginal bleeding after intercourse
- Choriocarcinoma - vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy
- Chromosome 13 ring syndrome - delayed puberty
- Chromosome 15q, trisomy - Amenorrhea
- Chromosome 17p, partial deletion - delayed menarche
- Chromosome 18, Monosomy 18p - Amenorrhea
- Chromosome 18p minus syndrome - Amenorrhea
- Chromosome 9, trisomy 9p - delayed puberty
- Chronic Kidney Disease - heavy periods
- Collagenous celiac disease - Missed menstrual periods
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia - amenorrhea
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia -- non-classical form - irregular menstruation
- Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-Dependent, Susceptibility to, 1 - absent menstrual periods
- Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-Dependent, Susceptibility to, 2 - absent menstrual periods
- Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-Dependent, Susceptibility to, 3 - absent menstrual periods
- Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-Dependent, Susceptibility to, 4 - absent menstrual periods
- Diamond-Blackfan anemia - delayed puberty
- Diamond-Blackfan anemia 1 - delayed puberty
- Diamond-Blackfan anemia 2 - delayed puberty
- Diamond-Blackfan anemia 3 - delayed puberty
- Diamond-Blackfan anemia 4 - delayed puberty
- Diamond-Blackfan anemia 5 - delayed puberty
- Diamond-Blackfan anemia 6 - delayed puberty
- Diamond-Blackfan anemia 7 - delayed puberty
- Diamond-Blackfan anemia 8 - delayed puberty
- Down's syndrome associated Celiac Disease - Missed menstrual periods
- Endometrial Cancer - Abnormal vaginal bleeding
- Endometrial hyperplasia - menorrhagia
- Endometrial stromal sarcoma - post-menopausal bleeding
- Essential thrombocytosis -- same as essential thrombocythemia - excessive menstrual bleeding
- Ewing's family of tumors - abnormal vaginal bleeding
- Factor V deficiency - excessive menstrual bleeding
- Factor X deficiency - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- autosomal dominant - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Friuli - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Kanazawa - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Ketchikan - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Nottingham - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Padua - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- San Antonio - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Santo Domingo - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Shanghai - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- St. Louis II - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Stockton - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Taunton - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Tokyo - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Vorarlberg - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Wenatchee I - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Wenatchee II - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Factor XIII Deficiency - menorrhagia
- Factor XIII deficiency, congenital - menorrhagia
- Factor XIII, A1 subunit Deficiency - menorrhagia
- Factor XIII, B subunit Deficiency - menorrhagia
- Fallopian tube cancer - abnormal vaginal bleeding
- Florid cystic endosalpingiosis of the uterus - menstrual abnormalities
- Follicle-stimulating hormone deficiency, isolated - primary amenorrhea
- Forbes disease - delayed puberty
- Glassy cell carcinoma of the cervix - bleeding after sex
- Glycogen debranching deficiency - Delayed puberty
- Granuloma inguinale - abnormal vaginal bleeding
- Growth Hormone Receptor Deficiency - delayed puberty
- Hepatocellular carcinoma (fibrolamellar variant) - amenorrhea
- Herbal Agent overdose -- Cottonseed - absent menstruation
- Hereditary hypothyroidism - Menstrual disorders
- Hereditary Leiomyomatosis and Renal Cell Cancer - irregular menstruation
- Hydatidiform mole - vaginal bleeding during pregnancy
- Hypothyroid goitre - Menstrual disorders
- Infantile hypothyroidism - Delayed puberty
- Lactotroph adenoma - menstrual changes
- Laron Dwarfism - delayed puberty
- Laron Pituitary Dwarfism - delayed puberty
- Laron Syndrome - delayed puberty
- Laron Type Pituitary Dwarfism 1 - delayed puberty
- Laron-type Dwarfism Phenotypic Syndrome - delayed puberty
- Leukemia, Myeloid - prolonged menstrual bleeding
- Malignant mixed Mullerian tumor - post-menopausal bleeding
- Masculinisation - missed periods
- May-Hegglin Anomaly - excessive menstrual bleeding
- May-Hegglin thrombocytopenia - excessive menstrual bleeding
- McCune-Albright Syndrome - irregular menstrual bleeding
- Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix - abnormal vaginal bleeding
- Neurosarcoidosis - irregular menstruation
- Non Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia - irregular menstruation
- Ovarian carcinosarcoma - menstrual abnormalities
- Owren Parahemophilia - excessive menstrual bleeding
- Pituitary Cancer - delayed menarche
- Polycystic ovary syndrome - irregular periods
- Polyembryoma - irregular menstruation
- Premature Ovarian Failure 1 - menstrual irregularity
- Premature Ovarian Failure 2 - menstrual irregularity
- Premature Ovarian Failure 2A - menstrual irregularity
- Premature Ovarian Failure 2B - menstrual irregularity
- Premature Ovarian Failure 3 - menstrual irregularity
- Premature Ovarian Failure 4 - menstrual irregularity
- Premature Ovarian Failure 5 - menstrual irregularity
- Premature Ovarian Failure 6 - menstrual irregularity
- Primary Fallopian Tube Cancer - abnormal vaginal bleeding
- Primary hypothyroidism - Menstrual disorders
- Primary malignant melanoma of the cervix - abnormal vaginal bleeding
- Prolactinoma - menstrual irregularities
- Psychiatric disorders associated Celiac Disease - Missed menstrual periods
- Puerperal fever - abnormal vaginal bleeding
- Refractory Celiac Disease - Missed menstrual periods
- Retroverted uterus - menstrual pain
- Sarcoma botryoides - vaginal bleeding
- Satoyoshi syndrome - amenorrhea
- Secondary Dysmenorrhea - dysmenorrhea
- Secondary Fallopian Tube Cancer - abnormal vaginal bleeding
- Secondary hypothyroidism - Menstrual disorders
- Sickle Cell Anemia - delayed puberty
- Stuart factor deficiency, acquired - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 1 - Missed menstrual periods
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 10 - Missed menstrual periods
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 11 - Missed menstrual periods
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 12 - Missed menstrual periods
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 13 - Missed menstrual periods
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 2 - Missed menstrual periods
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 3 - Missed menstrual periods
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 4 - Missed menstrual periods
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 5 - Missed menstrual periods
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 6 - Missed menstrual periods
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 7 - Missed menstrual periods
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 8 - Missed menstrual periods
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 9 - Missed menstrual periods
- Tertiary hypothyroidism - Menstrual disorders
- Tricho-hepato-enteric syndrome - delayed puberty
- Turner syndrome associated Celiac Disease - Missed menstrual periods
- Type 1 diabetes related Celiac Disease - Missed menstrual periods
- Type III Glycogen Storage Disease - Delayed puberty
- Uterine leiomyoma - menstrual bleeding between periods
- Uterine sarcoma - Post coital bleeding
- Vagina cancer - Post coital bleeding
- Virilizing ovarian tumor - absent menstruation
- Von Willebrand disease, platelet type - Menorrhagia
- Von Willebrand disease, type 1 - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Von Willebrand disease, type 2 - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Von Willebrand disease, type 2A - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Von Willebrand disease, type 2B - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Von Willebrand disease, type 2M - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Von Willebrand disease, type 2N - heavy menstrual bleeding
- Von Willebrand disease, type 3 - heavy menstrual bleeding
- William's syndrome associated Celiac Disease - Missed menstrual periods
- Alpha thalassemia - delayed puberty
- Alpha thalassemia -- Hemoglobin H disease - delayed puberty
- Alpha thalassemia major - delayed puberty
- Beta thalassemia - delayed puberty
- Beta Thalassemia intermedia - delayed puberty
- Cystic Fibrosis - menstrual irregularity
- Hemochromatosis - Early menopause
- Hemochromatosis-related diabetes - Early menopause
- Occupational Cancer -- Bladder cancer - Menopause
- Smoking - early menopause
More causes: not all possible causes for Menstrual irregularities are listed above; for a full list refer to causes of Menstrual irregularities.
Treatment Notes
Only your doctor can advise whether any of these treatments are appropriate
for your specific medical situation.
Always discuss all treatment options with your doctor before
making a decision,
including whether to start or discontinue any treatment plan.
Conditions listing medical symptoms: Menstrual irregularities:
The following list of conditions
have 'Menstrual irregularities' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
Select from the following alphabetical view of conditions which
include a symptom of Menstrual irregularities or choose View All.
Conditions listing medical complications: Menstrual irregularities:
The following list of medical conditions have 'Menstrual irregularities'
or similar listed as a medical complication in our database.
Medical Tools & Articles:
Tools & Services:
Medical Articles:
Forums & Message Boards
- Ask or answer a question at the Boards:
