Teenage menstrual dysfunction: an overview
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Mehrukh Zehravi
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Irfat Ara
Abstract
When a girl experiences her first period, she starts a new phase of her life and becomes biologically capable of becoming a mother and giving birth to a child. Girls’ hypothalamus-pituitary-ovary axis reaches “axial maturity” during puberty, when they are between the ages of 8 and 13 years old. Secondary biological features, including as growth, body-shape changes in females, breast growth, hair growth on the vulva, and hair growth on the axillary pits, are often observed during this era. The first menstruation, or menarche, is also commonly observed during this time. During the menstrual cycle, a woman’s ability to conceive and give birth is at the core of her reproductive life.
Acknowledgement
Authors would like to thank all the authors whose work has been reviewed while preparing this manuscript.
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Research funding: None.
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Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Conflict of interest: None.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- ijamh-2023-frontmatter1
- Reviews
- Cyberbullying in adolescents: a literature review
- Unfolding the mystery of premenstrual syndrome (PMS): an overview
- Teenage menstrual dysfunction: an overview
- Loneliness and mental health related impacts of COVID-19: a narrative review
- Investigating the relationship between high-risk behaviors and mental health in adolescents in Rabor city, Iran
- Adolescent mental health during covid-19 pandemics: a systematic review
- Smoking behavior among junior high school students based on the theory of planned behavior in Madura, Indonesia
- Original Articles
- Relationship between fitness performance and a newly developed continuous body composition score in U.S. adolescent boys
- Characterization and prevalence of obesity among normal weight college students
- The process of capacity-building for pediatric subspecialty providers to address the needs of adolescents and young adults with chronic illness
- Transgender identity is associated with severe suicidal ideation among Finnish adolescents
- Experiences and attitudes towards mental health problems in first year German university students
