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Do you think i should be worried about missing periods?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Depends on reasons: Missed/late period: low body wt, obesity, weight ^ or v, ^exercise, endurance athletics, breast-feeding, stress, illness, eating disorders, menopausal, anovulatory cycle (no egg released), travel, perimenopause, just starting menstruation, hormone irregularities, drug use, meds (i.e., birth control) or medical problems (i.e., polycystic ovary syndrome). #1 reason is pregnancy. See gyn if >3.

Answered 6/26/2013

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