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What level of body fat in women may signal amenorrhea and loss of body mass?
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What is the benefit of postpartum amenorrhea?
Post-partum amenorrhea is also known as lactational amenorrhea. It is a time of postnatal infertility that accompanies breastfeeding. This allows the body to recuperate after birth. It is also a very good method of family planning.
Can extremely low body fat contribute to amenorrhea in females?
yes
What causes amenorrhea?
Amenorrhea is when one or more periods are missed, or an absence of menstruation. Factors that cause amenorrhea include insufficient eating and excessive exercise, pregnancy and breastfeeding, certain medications such as birth control and physical deformities.
Why is it important for athletes to keep the body fat low?
Female athletes who have too little body fat often experience amenorrhea and loss of bone mass, which can lead to stress fractures and osteoporosis. The athlete's level of performance also decreases.
What are signs of primary amenorrhea?
In addition to low body weight or excessive exercise, other causes of primary amenorrhea include Turner's syndrome, a birth defect related to the reproductive system, or ovarian problems.
What girls are most vulnerable to amenorrhea?
Amenorrhea is most common in girls who are severely underweight and/or exercise intensely, both of which affect the amount of body fat necessary to trigger the release of hormones that, in turn, begins puberty.
What are problems with amenorrhea criterion for eating disorder?
In many cases amenorrhea does not occur. There are many reasons why this could happen. Maybe the body is used to the conditions in which a normal body does not adapt. For example, someone is at an extremely low weight but they have been at the weight for a long time so they get their period. Also people have different weights where they experience amenorrhea. Someone may have lost weight, but not enough to have amenorrhea but enough to get into the range classified as an eating disorder criteria. Also men do not have periods, obviously, so they would not lose what they never have. I hope I have answered your question.
Where can I learn about abdominal pain?
A person has abdominal pain to show the body and signal that something is not right. For women it happens quiet often especially during the mentsrual cycle.
a what is a chemical signal that can control one or more body processes?
covalent bond
Why brain send signal to the body?
kinetic
Where is turn signal flasher in 1999 Dodge Caravan?
The body computer is the turn signal flasher.
Can one conceive while having a fever?
Yes conception is possible during a fever. Cycles of ovulation are generally not affected by fevers. The only way to absolutely control conception is through abstinence. If, however a women's supply of body fat goes below a certain level she will stop menstruating (amenorrhea), and will reduce the likelihood of a successful pregnancy. But body fat levels would have to be extremely low, as in the long-term stressor of starvation which would have to continue for many weeks, unlike the general behavior of a fever which typically lasts one to four days.
