There is a bad sign recently. Some girls suddenly stop menstruating when they reach the age of seventeen or eighteen after having menarche. Professor Tan Yong, director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, said that more and more girls are suffering from food-reducing amenorrhea due to the pursuit of "skinny beauty".

Professor Tan Yong said that after the menstrual cycle has been established, if menopause occurs for more than 3 consecutive months, it is called "secondary amenorrhea." Amenorrhea is just a symptom, and there are many causes of amenorrhea. In the past, problems with the uterus and ovaries were the most common, but now, "skinny amenorrhea" caused by indiscriminate diet reduction has greatly increased.

There is a hypothalamus in the human brain, which contains a feeding center and a satiety center. When people forcefully reduce food, their cerebral cortex will be forcibly inhibited. If things go on like this, the two appetite centers of the hypothalamus will become dysfunctional, causing people to lose weight, and further affecting the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone of the hypothalamus. The secretion center reduces its secretion, which in turn reduces the luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone secreted by the pituitary gland. These two hormones are related to the maintenance of normal menstruation. Their reduction will lead to amenorrhea. Therefore, women must maintain a certain amount of fat and be plump to maintain normal menstruation.

Tan Yong said that there is a bad guidance in the current culture, which regards "skinny" as beauty. In fact, "skinny" amenorrhea causes girls to have yellow skin, dry hair, protruding bones and joints, and With breast dysplasia, blurred female curves, and no obvious secondary sexual characteristics, can we still talk about beauty? Also, we don’t educate girls well enough about puberty. Many girls still don’t know enough about the relationship between normal menstruation and their own health. Some even think it is “troublesome” and “not better”. At this point, we have to learn from developed countries, where girls are very conscious and proud of their normal menstruation and feminine characteristics.

Professor Tan Yong said that amenorrhea in girls is very harmful. For example, long-term amenorrhea can lead to endocrine regulation disorders and atrophy of reproductive organs, which may affect reproductive function. But most cases of food-reducing amenorrhea can be cured. First of all, we must strengthen physical exercise, have a balanced diet and nutrition, pay attention to the balance between work and rest, avoid overwork and mental stress, and maintain adequate sleep. Appropriate treatment will be required if necessary. Treatment mainly focuses on two aspects: one is to return to normal by eliminating the triggers of the disease. For example, after psychological counseling, some patients regain their weight after eating normally for a period of time and resume menstruation without treatment; the other is to use drugs and consult a doctor. Under guidance, normal menstruation can be restored by taking ovulation-stimulating drugs and eating normally. Patients with food-reducing amenorrhea must be diagnosed and treated early. The shorter the amenorrhea time and the earlier they seek treatment, the greater the chance of cure.

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