Before knowing that it is amenorrhea, it must be understood that it is the woman's menstrual cycle, it is bleeding from the uterus through the cervix every 28 days of the month, it is a period of preparation of the female body for pregnancy, helping the ovum matures for possible fertilization. Amenorrhea is the absence of this cycle, when what is considered normal is a development at 14 years of age, it can be delayed in appearing in young people at 16 years of age. Calling this process primary amenorrhea and it can be due to different things such as ovarian or genetic problems, this case is seen frequent in young athletes or with anorexic disorders.
Secondary amenorrhea or lack of menstruation due to natural causes, whether you are pregnant, or age, is when it is assumed that the body has already completed an important life cycle and does not seek its reproduction, this process is called menopause, which is the absence of ovulation or non- fertilization, although there are irregular cycles, one begins to speak of secondary amenorrhea when there is an absence of bleeding for 6 months or more in a row; and it is more common and natural in women who are over 40 years of age, although it is known that there are women who have their menstrual cycle regulated with the age of 55 years.
Some of the most frequent symptoms are vaginal dryness, headache, so-called temperature vapors or a lot of sweating, weight gain, among others. Hormones play an important part in this whole process and as it is not a disease as such it is not treated like this, which means that the symptoms and causes are treated more than the lack of period itself, going to the trusted gynecologist will improve the lifestyle, a diet rich in minerals and vitamins, exercise regularly, and lower anxiety and stress can help improve the symptoms of amenorrhea regardless of the type that is suffered, if you are pregnant the pull is different.
