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Re: period problemFrom: Asem Anwar Moussa MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun, 29 Jun 2003 04:29:06 -0500 (CDT)
At Sun, 29 Jun 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: > >I am a 17 year old female who has not started their period, and I think >I might have primary amenorrhea. I'm not positive if I do because I >have an aunt who started their period when they were 17, but my mom was >about 12 or 13. Anyway, I was a gymnast until I was 15, and I am >currently distance runner at my high school (running 30-40 miles a >week). Could all of this activity be the result of not having my >period? I read somewhere on this site that a teenager should be >concerned if they have not started their period two years after their >breasts begin to develop, and mine have been developing for about 5 >years now (if that helps any). It looks that these activities delay your period.Your breasts are developed as i understood,so you may wait till the age of 18,if no menses you will have the investigations for the primary amenorrhea.
-- Dr:Asem Moussa MD Prof.of OB/GYN. Alazhar School of Medicine. Cairo-Egypt This is for teaching purposes
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