Menstrual disorder
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A menstrual disorder is an irregular condition in a woman's menstrual cycle.
Oligoovulation
Infrequent or irregular ovulation (usually defined as cycles of >/=36 days or <8 cycles a year) is called oligoovulation.
Anovulation
| Female infertility associated with anovulation Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | N97.0 |
|---|---|
| ICD-9 | 628.0 |
Anovulation is absence of ovulation when it would be normally expected (in a post-menarchal, premenopausal woman). Anovulation usually manifests itself as irregularity of menstrual periods, that is, unpredictable variability of intervals, duration, or bleeding. Anovulation can also cause cessation of periods (secondary amenorrhea) or excessive bleeding (dysfunctional uterine bleeding).
Polymenorrhea
Polymenorrhea is the medical term for abnormally frequent menstruation that consists of a normal quantity and duration with cycle interval of less than 21 days.
Differential Diagnosis
Causes
- Anovulatory cycle
- Bi-phasic cycle
- Hyperthyroidism
Oligomenorrhea
| Oligomenorrhea Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | N91.5 |
|---|---|
| ICD-9 | 626.1 |
| DiseasesDB | 14843 |
Oligomenorrhea is the medical term for infrequent or light menstrual periods (frequency exceeding 35 days).
Dysmenorrhea
| Dysmenorrhea Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | N94.4-N94.6 |
|---|---|
Dysmenorrhea (or dysmenorrhoea), cramps or painful menstruation, involves menstrual periods that are accompanied by either sharp, intermittent pain or dull, aching pain, usually in the pelvis or lower abdomen.
Amenorrhea
| Amenorrhoea Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | N91 |
|---|---|
| ICD-9 | 626.0 |
Amenorrhea is the absence of a menstrual period in a woman of reproductive age. Physiologic states of amenorrhoea are seen during pregnancy and lactation (breastfeeding). Outside of the reproductive years there is absence of menses during childhood and after menopause.
Menorrhagia
Menorrhagia is an abnormally heavy and prolonged menstrual period. Causes may be due to abnormal blood clotting, disruption of normal hormonal regulation of periods or disorders of the endometrial lining of the uterus. Depending upon the cause, it may be associated with abnormally painful periods (dysmenorrhoea).
Related Problems
- Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
- Stress and anxiety
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Adenomyosis
- History of sexual or physical abuse
- Fibroids
- Ovarian cysts
- Endometriosis
External links
- Oligomenorrhea at Penn State
- NIH
Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
