Prostaglandins and menstrual disorders.

Prostaglandins, menstruation, and menstrual disorders.

Prostagiandins play an important role in the mechanism of human menstruation. Furthermore aberrant prostaglandin production may be an intimate component of the pathogenesis of menstrual disorders such as dysmenorrhoea, menorrhagia and perhaps the premenstrual syndrome. Inhibitors of prostaglandin biosynthesis available today have proven universally useful in the ‘treatment of dysmenorrhoea and ...

Menstrual disorders.

Menstrual disorders.

Menstrual disorders are very common in adolescence, and can be the cause of a significant amount of stress to both the patients and their parents. Variations of the menstrual cycle in this age are very broad and are mainly caused by the immaturity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian (HPO) axis. Amenorrhea (either primary or secondary), abnormal uterine bleeding and dysmenorrhea are conditions...

[Menstrual disorders in adolescence].

Altered frequency of the menstrual cycle accompanied by pain are manifestations of functional anomalies of the female reproductive system. These symptoms require prompt and accurate diagnosis and therapy to prevent a chronic condition that can seriously disturb the adolescent's psychic well being. The most common anomalies of the menstrual cycle and the causes of altered cycle frequency are out...

Menstrual Disorders in Nongenital Tuberculosis

Menstrual patterns differ even in nongenital tuberculosis. Our objective is to determine whether nongenital tuberculosis makes menstrual dysfunction, before and sustain after treatment. Menstrual patterns were compared in women with pulmonary or extrapulmonary but nongenital tuberculosis with healthy nursing students and also with themselves, before and after treatment in a retrospective cohort...