Relation of Amenorrhea with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Below the age of Thirty-Five: Amenorrhea with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Anam  Fazal; Syeda  Khadija; Wajiha Zafar; Amna Sana; Raisa  Shazadi; Kinza  Rasool

doi:10.54393/pbmj.v4i2.157

Authors

Anam Fazal RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES &MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES THE UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE
Syeda Khadija RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES &MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES THE UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE
Wajiha Zafar RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES &MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES THE UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE
Amna Sana RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES &MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES THE UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE
Raisa Shazadi RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES &MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES THE UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE
Kinza Rasool RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES &MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES THE UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/pbmj.v4i2.157

Keywords:

Polycystic ovarian syndrome, Amenorrhea, Hypothalamic amenorrhea, Oligo-amenorrhea

Abstract

Polycystic ovarian syndrome is a series of disorders which comprises anovulation, hyper-androgenism indications and polycystic ovaries. There are many causes of amenorrhea such as estrogen-deficient amenorrhea, estrogen-replete amenorrhea, exercise induced amenorrhea, stress induced, medication induced amenorrhea, eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, hypothalamic amenorrhea and PCOS. OBJECTIVE: To review the frequency of amenorrhea in patients with PCOS and to assess the complex relationship between the PCOS and amenorrhea. METHODs: Articles were reviewed from Google Scholar, Sci-Hub, and PubMed etc. Inclusion criteria was studies in which females presented with
different gynecological complaints and PCOS. RESULT: By reviewing previous studies, oligoamenorrhea is much more common than amenorrhea in females diagnosed with PCOS in their reproductive age. Amenorrhea especially secondary amenorrhea is most common in
teenagers and adolescents. PCOS is a common cause of secondary amenorrhea CONCLUSION:: In previous studies, there are many patients with complaints of amenorrhea and diagnosed with PCOS but there are also some patients who came with other gynecological complaints and diagnosed with PCOS. So this also challenges somehow the Rotterdam criteria for PCOS.

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