Exercise amenorrhea

Introduction Young female athletes, amenorrhea that occurs during sports competitions or intense training, is called "sports amenorrhea." Some young women may also have amenorrhea during their travels or intense work and study. The pathogenesis is similar to this disease, and can also be treated with reference to exercise amenorrhea. The disease is often associated with excessive mental stress, leading to endocrine dysfunction. Chinese medicine believes that due to excessive mental stress, the movement of air-conditioners is reversed, and the dysfunction of the rushing function is caused by the bloody sea.

Cause

Many diseases are related to excessive mental stress, leading to endocrine dysfunction. In the absence of discomfort, there is no need to treat it. Once the tension is relieved, the menstrual period will come. When there are symptoms of discomfort, and the tension has long been lifted and there is no menstrual cramps, it should be actively treated.

Exercise amenorrhea belongs to hypothalamic amenorrhea, which is the reaction of the body to strong external stimulation. Strenuous exercise is a strong stress. The body produces corticotropin-releasing hormone under stress, activates the sympathetic nervous system, stimulates the pituitary to secrete stress hormones, and the adrenocorticotropic hormone releases the hypothalamic gonadotropin release. Hormone secretion is inhibited, resulting in decreased gonadotropin secretion, causing amenorrhea.

Exercise amenorrhea is not necessarily due to weight loss, but also has a certain relationship with the reduction of body fat content and insufficient protein content in the diet. When the body weight is reduced by 10% to 15% and the body fat content is lost by 30%, amenorrhea will occur. How much exercise can cause amenorrhea is related to the individual's basic conditions. When the amount of exercise is reduced, the body's stress is gradually reduced or disappeared, and the menstrual cycle can be gradually restored. Therefore, it is not necessary to treat without any symptoms of discomfort. Once there is discomfort, and the tension has long been lifted and menstrual cramps are not seen, they should be treated aggressively.

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In the absence of discomfort, there is no need to treat it. Once the tension is relieved, the menstrual period will come. When there are symptoms of discomfort, and the tension has long been lifted and there is no menstrual cramps, it should be actively treated. Female athletes in the process of sports competitions or intense training, as well as young women traveling, excessive work and study. There are thin menstruation, a small amount, or a blood clot, even amenorrhea is not good, often accompanied by abdominal pain, breast, chest pain, pain, discomfort, suffocation, loss of appetite, backache. The tongue may have a sputum, a pulse string or a sputum.

Differential diagnosis

1 Kidney deficiency and deficient amenorrhea. Menarche is relatively late, the amount of menstruation is small, the color is reddish, gradually to the amenorrhea, dizziness, tinnitus, weak waist and knees, dry mouth, hot hands and feet, or hot flashes, red tongue and little moss, thin or fine pulse . Expelling Bushen Yijing, Fanggui Pills, Zuogui Pills, etc.

2 qi and blood weak amenorrhea. Late menstruation, the amount of color is less light, gradually to the amenorrhea, dizziness, fatigue, face color, forgetfulness, insomnia, shortness of breath, lazy words, hair, skin lack of luster, pale tongue, weak pulse. Expelling the qi and blood, and using ginseng to raise the soup, Guipi Tang and so on.

3 qi stagnation and blood stasis type amenorrhea. The menstrual period has been uncertain, gradually or suddenly closed, chest pain, breast, abdominal pain, upset and irritability, dark tongue has a sputum, pulse string sputum, qi qi and blood circulation, use Xuefu Zhuyu soup, Xiaoyao Pills and so on.

4 phlegm dampness type amenorrhea. Late menstruation, gradually to the amenorrhea, body obesity, nausea, burnout, less food, vomiting, with a lot of white, the tongue is greasy, the pulse string is slippery. Expelling phlegm and dampness, using Atractylodes sinensis soup, Xiangsha Liujun soup, etc.

Female athletes in the process of sports competitions or intense training, as well as young women traveling, excessive work and study. There are thin menstruation, a small amount, or a blood clot, even amenorrhea is not good, often accompanied by abdominal pain, breast, chest pain, pain, discomfort, suffocation, loss of appetite, backache. The tongue may have a sputum, a pulse string or a sputum.

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