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My period is 4 days late. it normally comes right on time. i had a blood transfusion after my last period, can that be the reason?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

If your body was: stressed enough by condition that required blood transfusion that might be a cause. Reasons for missed/late periods: low body weight, obesity, marked weight ^ or v, over-exercise, endurance athletics, breast-feeding, ^ stress, illness, eating disorders (bulimia or anorexia), anovulatory cycle (no egg released), travel, hormone irregularities, drug use, meds (i.e., birth control) or medical problem.

Answered 2/28/2016

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