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When shld i worry about having a late period?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

When it is late (if: You have been sexually active). Missed/late period: low body wt, obesity, weight ^ or v, ^exercise, endurance athletics, breast-feeding, stress, illness, eating disorders (bulimia or anorexia), anovulatory cycle (no egg released), travel, perimenopause, just starting menstruation, hormone irregularities, drug use, meds (i.e., birth control) or medical problems. #1 reason is pregnancy.

Answered 9/25/2013

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