2018-06-18 16:00:00
Do you take your birth control pill every day, but your menstrual cycle is not on schedule? Don’t panic, even if you have to be careful about this phenomenon and take a pregnancy test, you are not necessarily pregnant.
Delay or absence of periods: 5 possible causes
Whether it’s your natural cycle or your cycle on the pill, many environmental factors can influence the frequency or absence of periods.
Stress, anxiety, emotional shock
The menstrual cycle can be disturbed by psychic factors. Stress, anxiety, depression or emotional shock can alter the menstrual cycle, making it longer or shorter. It can be the loss of a loved one, separation, work pressure, relationship problems, illness… in some cases, this psychogenic cause can cause a stoppage of menstruationwhich skips a few cycles.
The long journeys
THE long trips with jet lag can delay or even make your periods disappear. Sometimes it’s downright expatriation and and lifestyle change which can disrupt the cycle.
A change in weight
lose weight fast can put a strain on the body. For example, in the case of an extreme diet, a lack of calories can prevent the production des hormones necessary for ovulation. Moreover, overweight women can produce an abnormally high amount of estrogen, which affects the frequency of periods.
Exercise
strenuous physical activity can put excessive pressure on the body and thus lead to a hormonal imbalance, and an irregular cycle.
Disease
Certain illnesses can cause menstruation to stop. The most common is the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), but it can also be hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, damage to the uterus, vagina or ovary…
Note that some medications (antidepressants, corticosteroids) or certain heavy treatments (radiotherapy, chemotherapy) can cause amenorrhea or disrupt the frequency of menstruation.
The birth control pill, another cause of missed periods
If you are under estrogen-progestogen pill (minidose) for several years, it is not abnormal to have an absence of periods from time to time. Under the effect of the pill, the endometrium, this mucous membrane which lines the inside of the body of the uterus and where the pregnancy takes place, is refined. When it detaches each month (when fertilization does not occur and menstruation appears), the bleeding is less abundant than normal and become almost (or totally) non-existent.
Bleeding may not even occur if you take a pilule progestative (microdosed). This category of contraceptive pill is taken continuously (without interruption), so there is no week off each month and you don’t get your period.
Some other contraceptives such as l’implant, can cause periods to stop, or affect their frequency. A change of birth control can also affect the menstrual cycle, as your body needs time to adjust.
Amenorrhea on the pill: how to know if you are pregnant?
When used perfectly, theeffectiveness of the birth control pill is very large because greater than 99.7% : it is the theoretical efficiency, indicates the site Question Sexuality (source 1). “But this effectiveness can be compromised by several things: forgetfulness, elimination of the pill during vomiting or diarrhea and interactions with certain medications. For all these reasons, in current use, the effectiveness of the pill is 91%: it is thepractical efficiency”.
It can happen, in rare cases, that a person becomes pregnant. In addition to the absence of bleeding or irregular bleeding, certain signs can alert: nausea, breast pain, severe fatigue for no reason, body temperature higher than usual…
Although these signs do not necessarily mean that you are pregnant, if in doubt, a pregnancy test or blood test will help you find out more.
Absence of bleeding on the pill: when to worry?
Amenorrhea is a common symptom that you often don’t need to worry about. If it continues beyond 4- or 5 months, do not hesitate to consult a gynecologist, a midwife or a doctor. If menstruation stops and pregnancy is not the cause, they can perform additional testing to rule out certain medical conditions.
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