In women of reproductive age according to statistics the incidence is increasing annually associated with the menstrual function. The most frequent problem that meet modern women is to delay menstruation, and pregnancy test is often negative. Violations of the menstrual cycle the entire body reacts, and this is manifested malaise in the form of headaches, nausea, vomiting, bloating, bowel disorders, and many other symptoms.
Content
- Calendar menstrual cycle
- Pregnancy test
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Norm and pathology of the menstrual cycle
- reasons for the delay
- Hormones and their influence on the female body
Calendar menstrual cycle
With the onset of sexual activity is usually a woman begins to keep track of your monthly and usually keeps a calendar. There is now a large number of applications for your phone, where you can track the day of ovulation, the period of highest probability of conception and the term of the following month. In the middle of the cycle in ovulating ovary, and later forms the corpus luteum.
The best time for conception are the 2 days before ovulation and the day after. Sperm cells live in the genital tract for two days and then if fertilization has not occurred, die, so unprotected sex are the most dangerous in the period before and during ovulation.
If the test is positive, then all questions are removed at the delay. It is necessary to pay attention to the reasons delay monthly for a negative test, or a low positive result.
Pregnancy test
Firstly, you need to carefully look for a test to check the shadow of the second strip. If there is a shadow, it is better to repeat the test on the next day morning. This is necessary since the concentration of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which is released when pregnancy increases, because urine is highly concentrated for the night and the content of components in it increases.
Secondly, in controversial situations, it is recommended to use different types of tests to rule out the error and discard product. As a rule, the more expensive test, the more modern and accurate. Some tests determine pregnancy from the first days of conception.
Whatever the result of the test can do a pelvic ultrasound or a blood test to HCG to determine the exact gestational age, or lack thereof. These procedures will help the gynecologist to explain precisely the reasons for delay menstruation.
Norm and pathology of the menstrual cycle
The menstrual cycle is counted from the first day of menstruation to the first day of the next, it is normally 21-35 days. Menstruation itself lasts 3-7 days. During this period the alteration of an organism under the action of various hormones. Permissible fluctuations in the cycle is 5 days before, and if negative test lasts longer than the delay of this time, refer to the specialist.
reasons for the delay
Allocate 2 group delay causes.
physiological
- during the establishment of the menstrual function in adolescence;
- lactation;
- period menopause.
The pathological causes menses delay
- violation of the relationship between the central nervous system and the functioning of the reproductive organs. It happens during the occupation of professional sports, stress, sudden weight loss, obesity, false pregnancy, polycystic ovary syndrome, the use of danazol and some drug neuroleptics;
- thyroid dysfunction;
- premature ovarian failure;
- uterine pathology (usually it endometritis, which is shown in the lower abdomen in the form of pain).
Hormones and their influence on the female body
During a normal menstrual cycle in women occurs in the estrogen, progesterone change. This process is regulated by different hormones, not just ovarian and corpus luteum, but also the thyroid gland and the adrenal cortex. Let us consider the most important.
During the absence of the monthly lot of prolactin is produced, it is produced in the brain, the pituitary gland. Increasing this hormone can cause nausea, vomiting, headaches, breast tenderness, bloating, diarrhea and more. This whole complex of symptoms is not always a sign of pregnancy, and can be premenstrual syndrome (PMS). In addition, elevated prolactin pituitary tumor is found at - prolaktinome that is often the cause of infertility.
Nausea is the most common symptom for a delay, but it also occurs in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract: reflux esophagitis, gastritis, gastric ulcer, pancreatitis, cholecystitis, etc. Therefore, you may mix violations function of the uterus and ovarian disease stomach.
Perhaps, it is unclear why there is delay regulation of the stress. Modern women are daily emotional stress, whether it be nervous work, exams or domestic problems. By the way, air travel and climate change when we go abroad to relax and enjoy the impressions, too, is perceived by the body as stress. Under the influence of any adverse factors stands out adrenaline, which is produced by the adrenal glands. It inhibits ovarian function, protect a woman from pregnancy - so the body as it warns that now is not the time for gestation. This causes failure of the menstrual cycle.
Typically, after the delay periods painful and heavy. This happens because of the longer time the inner lining of the uterus, which is rejected during menstruation, becomes thicker. And in order to push a large amount of tissues, the uterus needs a strong decline. These reductions woman feels as cramping, pulling pain in the abdomen. That is why the bleeding is more profuse and clotted.
Delayed menstruation - is always a cause for concern, it is necessary to listen to their feelings. Even if you are not planning a pregnancy, it is important to understand the cause of this condition. Try to mark all changes assemble tests and see a doctor for a competent solution to the problem - possibly the selection of hormonal contraception in order to correct the menstrual cycle. Our body is like a clock - does not give the menstrual crash for no reason.