A Break in Your Cycle: The Medical and Emotional Causes and Effects of Amenorrhea

by Theresa Francis-Cheung

Overview

As many as one in ten women experience amenorrhea--the absence of menstrual function in women who have not yet reached menopause--in varying degrees of severity, at some point in their lives. This book offers women guidance and information about a subject that is often difficult to discuss.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470311448
Publisher:	Trade Paper Press
Publication date:	04/21/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	539 KB

Table of Contents

A Body in Crisis.

Women with Amenorrhea.

The Causes of Amenorrhea.

Stress-Induced Amenorrhea.

Contraceptives and Amenorrhea.

Exercise-Induced Amenorrhea.

Eating Disorders.

Psychological and Emotional Causes.

Problems with the Pituitary, Thyroid, Adrenal, and Ovarian Glands.

The Medical Effects of Amenorrhea.

The Emotional Effects of Amenorrhea.

Conventional Treatments.

Alternative Treatments.

How You Can Help Yourself.

Breaking the Cycle.

Bibliography/Suggested Reading.

Index.