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Re: MENORRHAGIA: Could it be a menopause?

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:04:35 -0500 (CDT)


Tam

You are perimenopausal by virtue of your age. You could be having anovulatory cycles causing this. You are not menopausal based on your FSH level...Dr. von Almen

At Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Tam wrote: >
>I am nearly 44. I missed the last three periods and one five months
>ago. I felt period cramps during the missed periods but I didn't bleed.
>My female hormones are normal - FSH (6.12) and LH (5.71). I don't have,
>and never had, any symptoms associated with perimenopause (no night
>sweats, no sleeplessness, no headaches, no hot flashes). Could it still
>be menopause or peri-menopause or maybe something else?

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