My past 5 or 6 periods have been very irregular. What's going on?!


Question: I've have very regular 28-day cycles my entire life, but for the past 5 or 6 months my cyles have ranged from 30 days to 38 days. Does this mean anything serious could be wrong with me?


Answers: I've have very regular 28-day cycles my entire life, but for the past 5 or 6 months my cyles have ranged from 30 days to 38 days. Does this mean anything serious could be wrong with me?

Because I have the same issue, I know that there could be a number of problems. The only sure way to find out what is wrong is to go to a doctor, however, it could be, BUT NOT LIMITED TO...

1. A hormone imbalance - Being over-weight can add to this problem because fat stores estrogen.

2. Pregnancy - Sometimes women still have cycles (sometimes regular, sometimes not) even after conceiving. When you go to the doctor, if you're sexually active, this will be one of the first tests they will perform.

3. Gonnorhea - This STD is known to cause irregular bleeding. Other symptoms include vaginal discharge and pain during sex. Again, contact your doctor immediately.

4. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - This is a very common ailment (the one I suffer from) in which you have cysts growing on your uterus and/or ovaries. It is more prevalent in obese women and increases one's risk for diabetes, obesity, acne, increased body hair, and may cause dark patches of skin in between the thighs, armpits and under the breasts. Also, you may develop skin tags too. Hormone therapy helps (like birth-control) but it treatment depends on the severity of your condition.

5. Stress - Sometimes being extremely stressed out can throw your body off. Maybe you need to find some ways to relax and deal with life's issues.

6. Uterine fibroids - Although not extemely serious, this is a condition in which fibriods have developed inside the uterine walls. An ultrasound needs to be performed in order to confirm this.

It might just be hormones, stress, etc, but to be safe, I would go to your OB-GYN. It could be a sign for ovarian cysts, and although they are common in women, it's better to get it checked out.

talk to the doc i think ur pregnant

The 28 day cycle is the same as the moon's cycle. Even the word menses has it's derivation from the word moon. This is the normal cycle a woman should have if her endocrine system is working and functioning properly.

The changing of your normal cycle is your body telling you something you need to listen too.

In order for you to determine what is going on, you need to first look at your blood sugar issue. If this is out of whack, you cannot ever hope to get your endocrine system in balance. Additionally, all the endocrine organs work and communicate with each other. If you are on a high carb, low fat, no red meat diet, I would take a look at changing. Type II diabetes is due to the body's insulin receptor cells becoming tired from dealing with lots of sugar and stop working, so the body produces more insulin and exhausts the pancreas. These organs are an integral part of the endocrine system.

If you are not getting the right kinds of fats in your diet and you are eating a lot of carbohydrates with little meat, you will find that your blood sugar is most likely being greatly affected. If you are putting your body under a lot of stress, this is going to cause your liver to forget about cleaning up the estrogen and prioritizing toward causing lots of cortisol to be made instead and ignoring the steroid hormones like your sex hormones and thyroid hormones.

If your thyroid hormones slow down, this can affect your cycle. By eating soy, eating fluoride, and not eating meat and vegetables that contain tyrosine, you will develop low thyroid conditions. Fluoride greatly affects your iodine levels in your body and is bad for you. Soy, unless it is fermented like the Japanese people eat -- soy sauce & miso are o.k., will really wreak havoc on your organs. Stay completely away from TOFU! It was designed to eliminate the libido and it works.

Without knowing your age, it's difficult to determine if you are entering menopause. This is where your body returns the job of making estrogen to the adrenal glands.

good luck





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