Patient's question:
Why can someone have a menstrual cycle that lasts half a year?Doctor's answer:
Hello, there are 4 major causes of menstrual disorders:1. Neuroendocrine dysfunction: This is primarily due to instability or defects in the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian-gonadal axis, which is known as menstrual disorders.
2. Organic lesions or drug-related causes: This includes local inflammation, tumors, and developmental abnormalities of the reproductive organs; malnutrition; intracranial disorders; other endocrine dysfunctions such as abnormal thyroid or adrenal cortex function, diabetes, Sheehan's disease, etc.; liver diseases; blood disorders, etc. The use of psychiatric medications, endocrine preparations, or the use of intrauterine devices (IUDs) for contraception may also lead to menstrual disorders. Certain occupations, such as long-distance runners, are prone to amenorrhea. Additionally, some abnormal bleeding during pregnancy is often misinterpreted as menstrual disorders.
3. Menstrual changes caused by excessive mental stress, physical exhaustion, malnutrition, and systemic diseases such as uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, and endocrine disorders. These changes include the advancement or delay of menarche, variations in cycle length, menstrual duration, and menstrual flow volume.
4. Many unhealthy lifestyle habits are also the "culprits" behind menstrual disorders: irregular sleep schedules, excessive cold exposure, frequent consumption of tonics, clubbing and fast food, extreme dieting, and smoking or alcohol abuse; abnormal emotions, high stress, and indiscriminate drug use.