THE ULTIMATE NATURAL REMEDY FOR MENSTRUAL DISORDER
Find out what's normal and what's not normal for your periods. TYPES OF MENSTRUAL DISORDER • Amenorrhoea (absence of periods) Amenorrhoea simply means an absence of your periods. Doctors usually classify amenorrhoea into primary or secondary amenorrhoea. • Primary amenorrhoea: where your periods have never started and you are at least 16 years old. • Secondary amenorrhoea: where you normally have periods but they have stopped for 6 months or more. When is it normal not to have periods? It is normal not to have periods: • before you reach puberty; • when you are pregnant; • if you are breast feeding; and • if you have reached menopause. Causes of amenorrhoea Amenorrhoea may be caused by: • malfunction of the thyroid gland, the hypothalamus (part of the brain that helps regulate the menstrual cycle) or the pituitary gland; • problems with the ovaries; • anatomical problems with the uterus, cervix or vag...