{"id":989626,"date":"2021-04-12T09:24:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T09:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/?p=989626"},"modified":"2021-05-21T09:49:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T09:49:43","slug":"what-causes-absent-or-irregular-periods-in-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/what-causes-absent-or-irregular-periods-in-women\/","title":{"rendered":"What causes Absent or Irregular Periods in Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vgblk-rw-wrapper limit-wrapper\">\n<ul><li>Have changed your dietary pattern and kinds of food you eat<\/li><li>Have family members with irregular periods<\/li><li>Have lot of stress<\/li><li>Have hot flashes, which feels like a heat wave that starts in the chest and face and then moves throughout your body<\/li><li>Have night sweats, which are hot flashes that occur during sleep.<\/li><li>Milky fluid coming out of your breasts<\/li><li>Have headache or vision problems<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tests <\/strong>\u2014 Your doctor at idea clinics will decide which tests you should have based on your age, other symptoms, and individual situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common tests doctors use to find the cause of absent or irregular periods:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pregnancy test<\/strong>\u2013 Pregnancy is the commonest cause of missed periods.<br>Blood tests\u2013 are done to measure hormone levels affecting the reproductive system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Pelvic ultrasound<\/strong>\u2013 This is a technique using sound waves to visualize your uterus, cervix, and vagina or any other part of the body. Any deviation\/defect can be detected by the doctor using this method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>MRI<\/strong>\u2013 This is a form of imaging technique using magnets in which you can detect any defect in part of the brain controlling the hormones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Treatment<\/strong>\u2014 Differs on the cause of your missed periods. It also depends on whether you want to get pregnant or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Birth control pills to get your periods regularly<\/li><li>Medicines to help you get pregnant if you are having trouble getting pregnant<\/li><li>Losing weight if you are overweight, by diet control and exercise<\/li><li>Reducing exercise if you are overdoing it<\/li><li>Increasing your weight if underweight<\/li><li>Stress reduction if over stressed<\/li><li>Hormonal treatment for hot flashes (if early menopause)<\/li><li>Medicines to decrease prolactin levels (in case of high prolactin levels)<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><!-- .vgblk-rw-wrapper -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have changed your dietary pattern and kinds of food you eat Have family members with irregular periods Have lot of stress Have hot flashes, which feels like a heat wave that starts in the chest and face and then moves throughout your body Have night sweats, which are hot flashes that occur during sleep. Milky&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":989627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=989626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":989628,"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989626\/revisions\/989628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/989627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=989626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}