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Menstrual BleedingAka: Menses, Menarche
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- Definitions
- Normal Cycles
- Cycle Duration: 28 days (21-35 days)
- Days of Flow: 4.6 days (2-8 days)
- Estimated Blood Loss: 35 ml per cycle (20-80 ml)
- Abnormal Cycle Length
- Polymenorrhea: less than 21 day cycles
- Oligomenorrhea: greater than 35 day cycles
- Metrorrhagia: Irregularly frequent menses
- Abnormal Menstrual Flow
- Menorrhagia (Hypermenorrhea)
- Over 80 cc blood loss per cycle
- More than 7 days of menstrual flow
- Menometrorrhagia (Metrorrhagia and Menorrhagia)
- Prolonged, irregularly frequent, heavy menses
- Menorrhagia (Hypermenorrhea)
- Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
- Excessive, prolonged, or irregular uterine bleeding
- Normal Cycles
- Ages of Menstrual Landmarks
- Thelarche: (10.2 to 11.3 years)
- Precedes menarche by 24 months
- Menarche: 12.8 years (9.1 to 17.7 years)
- Precedes regular menses by 12 months
- Anovulatory Cycles predominate initially
- Years 1 to 2 after menarche: 55-85% of cycles
- Years 3 to 4 after menarche: 30-50% of cycles
- Years 5 to 6 after menarche: <20% of cycles
- Menopause: 51.4 years (48 to 55 years)
- Thelarche: (10.2 to 11.3 years)
Menarche (C0025274) | |
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| Definition (MSH) | The first MENSTRUAL CYCLE marked by the initiation of MENSTRUATION. |
| Definition (GO) | The beginning of the menstrual cycle; the first menstrual cycle in an individual. [http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/] |
| Definition (NCI) | Onset of menses. |
| Concepts | Organism Function (T040) |
| MSH | D008572 |
| English | Menarche |
| Spanish | menarca |
| Parent Concepts | Reproductive function (C0232896), development of secondary female sexual characteristics (C1160572), menstrual cycle phase (C1818633), Puberty (C0034011), Reproductive System Process (C1514870), Female genitalia finding (C0425818), Finding related to menstrual cycle (C1298762) |
| Sources | AOD, COSTAR, DXP, GO, LCH, MSH, NCI, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
Menstruation Disturbances (C0025345) | |
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| Definition (CSP) | variations of menstruation or the menstrual cycle which may be indicative of disease. |
| Definition (MSH) | Variations of menstruation which may be indicative of disease. |
| Concepts | Pathologic Function (T046) |
| MSH | D008599 |
| English | Abnormal menstruation, DISORDER MENSTRUAL, Disorder of menstruation, Menoxenia, menstrual cycle disorder, MENSTRUAL DISORDER, menstrual disorders, Menstrual problem, MENSTRUATION DIS, Menstruation Disorder, Menstruation Disorders, Menstruation Disturbance, Menstruation Disturbances, Paramenia, Period disorder, Period problem, Problem of menstruation |
| Spanish | alteracion menstrual, menoxenia, menstruacion anormal, paramenia, problema menstrual, trastorno menstrual |
| Parent Concepts | Female Genital Diseases (C0017411), Female Reproductive System Disorder (C0236100), Menstruation Disturbances (C0025345), UTERINE/ENDOMETRIAL DISORDERS (C0549623), Pathologic Processes (C0030660), Genitourinary Signs and Symptoms (C1333811), Reproductive System Finding (C1335757), Disorder associated with menstruation AND/OR menopause (C1263764), Ambiguous concept (C1274012), Duplicate concept (C1274013), Navigational concept (C1285556) |
| Sources | CCS, COSTAR, CSP, CST, LCH, MSH, MTH, NCI, NDFRT, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
