| Anovulation Classification and external resources |
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| ICD-10 | N97.0 |
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| ICD-9 | 628.0 |
| eMedicine | med/146 |
| MeSH | D000858 |
In medicine, anovulation is absence of ovulation when it would be normally expected (in a post-menarchal, premenopausal woman). The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify Diseases The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision ( ICD -10) is a coding of diseases and signs symptoms abnormal findings N00-N39 - Diseases of the Genitourinary system: urinary system (N00-N08 Glomerular diseases Prefixes. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify Diseases The following is a list of codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996 by Scott Plantz and Richard Lavely two medical doctors Medical Subject Headings ( MeSH) is a huge Controlled vocabulary (or metadata system for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books Note This article deals primarily with Human ovulation nonhuman Animal ovulation is touched on briefly at the conclusion Menarche (American English məˈnɑrki British English mɛˈnɑːki is the first menstrual period, or first menstrual bleeding in the females of Human beings
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Causes
Anovulation can result from a variety of factors:
- Taking birth control pills
- Stress, new environment
- Chronic mental illness, such as depression
- Chronic physical illness, such as inflammatory bowel disease, poorly controlled diabetes, tuberculosis, or anemia
- Undernutrition, specific nutrient deficiencies, inadequate body fat
- Prolonged or continuous physical exertion
- Various pharmaceutical (especially phenothiazines) and recreational drugs
- Hormone imbalances, such as prolactin or testosterone excess (e. Major depressive disorder, also known as major depression, unipolar depression, unipolar disorder, clinical depression, or simply depression In Medicine, inflammatory bowel disease ( IBD) is a group of inflammatory conditions of the large intestine and Small intestine Diabetes mellitus (ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz or /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtəs/ /məˈlaɪtəs/ or /ˈmɛlətəs/ often referred to simply as diabetes ( Ancient Greek: grc Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common Anemia ( AmE) or anæmia/anaemia ( BrE) (from the Ancient Greek grc-Latn anaîmia, meaning “without blood” is defined as a qualitative Phenothiazine is the Organic compound with the formula S(C6H42NH Prolactin ( PRL) or Luteotropic hormone ( LTH) is a Peptide hormone primarily associated with Lactation. Testosterone is a Steroid hormone from the Androgen group In mammals testosterone is primarily secreted in the testes of males and the Ovaries g. , polycystic ovary syndrome), hyper- or hypothyroidism, adrenal insufficiency or Cushing's syndrome. Polycystic ovary syndrome abbreviated PCOS or PCO (also known clinically as Stein-Leventhal syndrome, Sclerocystic ovary syndrome, Hyperthecosis Hyperthyroidism is the term for overactive tissue within the Thyroid gland resulting in overproduction and thus an excess of circulating free thyroid hormones Thyroxine Hypothyroidism is the disease state in humans and animals caused by insufficient production of Thyroid hormone by the Thyroid gland. Adrenal insufficiency is a condition in which the Adrenal glands located above the Kidneys do not produce adequate amounts of steroid hormones (chemicals produced by the
- Pituitary or ovarian failure. The pituitary gland, or hypophysis, is an Endocrine gland about the size of a Pea. "Ovaria" redirects here This is also a proposed section and a Synonym of Solanum.
Some anovulatory women may have two or more contributing conditions.
Treatment
Anovulation can generally be reversed by ameliorating the causal factors (except in cases of permanent pituitary or ovarian failure).
Associated conditions
For most women, alteration of menstrual periods is the principal indication of chronic anovulation. The menstrual cycle is a recurring cycle of physiologic changes that occurs in reproductive-age Females Overt menstruation (where there is blood flow from the Ovulatory menstrual periods tend to be regular and predictable in terms of cycle length, duration and heaviness of bleeding, and other symptoms. Ovulatory periods are often accompanied by midcycle symptoms such as mittelschmerz or premenstrual symptoms. Mittelschmerz ( German: "middle pain" is a medical term for "ovulation pain" or "midcycle pain" In contrast, anovulation usually manifests itself as irregularity of menstrual periods, that is, unpredictable variability of intervals, duration, or bleeding. Anovulation can also cause cessation of periods (secondary amenorrhea) or excessive bleeding (dysfunctional uterine bleeding). Amenorrhoea ( BE) amenorrhea ( AmE) or amenorrhœa, is the absence of a Menstrual period in a woman of reproductive age Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding (DUB is the most common cause of functional abnormal uterine bleeding which is abnormal genital tract bleeding based in the Uterus Mittelschmerz and premenstrual symptoms tend to be absent or reduced when a woman is anovulatory. Mittelschmerz ( German: "middle pain" is a medical term for "ovulation pain" or "midcycle pain"
Chronic anovulation is a common cause of infertility. Female infertility|Male infertility Infertility primarily refers to the biological inability of a Man or a Woman to contribute to conception.
In addition to the alteration of menstrual periods and infertility, chronic anovulation can cause or exacerbate other long term problems, such as hyperandrogenism or osteopenia. Androgen is the generic term for any natural or synthetic compound usually a Steroid Hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine Osteoporosis is a Disease of Bone that leads to an increased risk of fracture. It plays a central role in the multiple imbalances and dysfunctions of polycystic ovary syndrome. Polycystic ovary syndrome abbreviated PCOS or PCO (also known clinically as Stein-Leventhal syndrome, Sclerocystic ovary syndrome, Hyperthecosis
During the first two years after menarche 50% of the menstrual cycles could be anovulatories.
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