Period problems: disorders of menstruation in adolescents

• Published in: Archives of Disease in Childhood Vol. 97; no. 6; pp. 554 - 560
• Main Authors: Peacock, A, Alvi, N S, Mushtaq, T
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 01.06.2012; BMJ Publishing Group; BMJ Publishing Group Ltd; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Adults; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Body Composition; Body Weight; Care and treatment; Causes of; Feeding and Eating Disorders - complications; Female; Females; General aspects; Health aspects; Humans; Medical case management; Medical sciences; Menarche; Menstrual Cycle - physiology; Menstruation disorders; Menstruation Disturbances - diagnosis; Menstruation Disturbances - etiology; Menstruation Disturbances - therapy; Methods; Miscellaneous; Obesity; Physiological aspects; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - diagnosis; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - physiopathology; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - therapy; Pregnancy; Prevention and actions; Puberty; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Scientific Concepts; Sex Education; Teenage girls; United Kingdom; Human; Pediatrics; Menstruation; Menstrual cycle; Adolescent; Period; Child; Public health

Adolescence is a time of great psychological and physical change. In the UK, girls enter puberty around the age of 10 years with a median age of menarche of 12.9 years; thereafter, it may be several years before regular menstrual cycles are established. Variations in the type and the frequency of pe...