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Re: No period what are chances of menopause

From: samir fouad Aziz MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 11 Nov 2002 20:13:12 -0600 (CST)


At Mon, 11 Nov 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I am 29 yrs old, have not had a menses since January, prior to that was
>the preceding July. Doctor is doing blood work for a pituitary tumor
>and checking for menopause, have taken provera three times without
>success in last 4 months. What is the possibilities of early menopause
>and what could that do to me since it is so early. My grandmother went
>through menopause at 34 but then again she had had a hysterectomy for
>cancer, my mother and 5 aunts all have had hysterectomies by 28 only
>female in my generation too. I want more kids and doc is talking about
>fertility pills but don't know those risks either but that would depend
>on whether i am going through menopause. So my question is, Is it
>likely that I could be going through menopause. I have night sweats and
>sweat outdoors when it is 50 degrees outside always hot and on an
>emotional rollercoaster more than usual.

As long as provera did not work it means either no esterogen i.e ovarian failure and menopause or rarely excess androgen affecting the response to progesterone.premature ovarian failure is not uncommon condition.

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