Excessive weight loss can lead to amenorrhea

Amenorrhea can cause female infertility, and patients need to treat this disease with caution. There are many reasons for amenorrhea. Surveys show that excessive weight loss can lead to amenorrhea.

Diet to lose weight, reduce hormones

During dieting, the cerebral cortex suppresses appetite and reduces the secretion of luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone by the pituitary gland. These hormones play an important role in menstruation and once reduced, they can cause menstrual disorders. After a period of weight loss, some women will experience reduced menstruation, prolonged menstrual cycles, and then amenorrhea.

Mood swings when losing weight

Abnormal fluctuations in emotions interfere with the normal functioning of the central nervous system, affecting the regulation of ovarian function that determines menstrual changes, causing menstrual disorders and leading to amenorrhea.

Intense exercise, fat loss

Due to long-term participation in intense sports training or competition activities, the body is under strong stress, and the secretion of gonadotropin decreases, which causes abnormal hypothalamic-pituitary function, causing delayed menarche or temporary menstrual disorders in normal menstruation and even amenorrhea. According to statistics, the incidence of amenorrhea in long-distance runners can be as high as 59%, while that of ballet dancers can be as high as 79%.

Tips: Exercise-induced amenorrhea is not necessarily simply due to the body's stress response, but is also related to a reduction in body fat content and insufficient protein in the diet. Amenorrhea occurs when the body weight is lost by 10%-15% and the body fat content is lost by 30%.