I haven't had my period for more than two months. What's going on?

We all know that normal women have a menstrual cycle every month, but many women are particularly prone to gynecological diseases such as irregular menstruation due to work pressure. This has a relatively large impact on women's physical and mental health. However, there are many reasons for irregular menstruation, which sometimes may cause delayed or absent menstruation. Among them, not having a period for more than two months is a common thing for many women. Let us understand what happened if you haven't had a period for more than two months?

Menstruation is a physiological cycle that occurs in some fertile female humans and in chimpanzees and other hominins. Cows, mares, female camels, sows, and sheep also have menstruation, and some mammals experience estrus cycles. In women of childbearing age and female primates, the endometrium undergoes cyclical changes every month or so, with autonomous thickening, blood vessel proliferation, glandular growth and secretion, and endometrial collapse and shedding accompanied by bleeding. This periodic vaginal discharge or uterine bleeding is called menstruation.

I haven't had my period for more than two months. What's going on?

Pregnancy signs

For married women of childbearing age who have regular menstruation in the past, if this menstruation is more than ten days late, the first thing they should consider is whether they are pregnant. After confirming pregnancy, those who are not planning to have a baby should take remedial measures as soon as possible; those who want to have a baby should pay more attention to nutrition, avoid exposure to tobacco, alcohol, pesticides, harmful chemicals, radiation, etc., and avoid taking drugs that can cause fetal malformations. The expected date of delivery can also be calculated based on menstruation, which is very beneficial for pregnancy health care and psychology.

Disease signs

If a girl is over 18 years old and still has no menstruation, it is called primary amenorrhea; if a woman has had normal menstruation in the past but now has stopped menstruating for more than three months, it is called secondary amenorrhea (excluding those caused by pregnancy, breastfeeding, and menopause), and she should be checked for lower reproductive tract atresia, congenital absence of uterus or uterine hypoplasia, ovarian tumors, pituitary tumors or dysfunction, endocrine or wasting diseases. In addition, changes in menstrual timing, volume, and accompanying symptoms are also important clues for discovering and diagnosing many diseases.

Hematopoiesis

Menstruation causes the body to lose blood and produce blood regularly, which gives women's circulatory and hematopoietic systems a kind of "exercise" that men do not have. It makes women more able to withstand accidental blood loss than men, and can produce new blood more quickly to make up for the lost blood. Practice has shown that if men and women with the same weight and health status lose the same proportion of blood due to an accident, the man will die, while the woman has the possibility of being successfully rescued and eventually recover.

Reduce iron damage

There is a hereditary disease called hemochromatosis, which can easily cause iron metabolism disorders in patients and cause excessive iron accumulation in the body. Excessive iron can slowly lead to lesions in the skin, heart, liver, joints, pancreatic islets, etc. One way to treat iron overload is to drain your blood regularly. The chance of organic damage caused by hemochromatosis in women is much lower than that in men, or almost never occurs. The effect of menstruation - periodic blood loss just consumes excess iron.

The above is an introduction to the situation where both parties have not had their periods for more than two months. When encountering such a problem, female friends should first rule out the possibility of pregnancy. If they are not pregnant, they should seek medical treatment in time. There are many reasons for irregular menstruation, and it can cause serious consequences and even lead to symptoms of infertility. It must be taken seriously.