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  2. Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea - Wikipedia

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    The risk of FHA due to weight-related factors increases across a series of four behaviors: 1) aesthetic dieting; 2) dieting due to obsessive ideals about diet and/or weight; 3) suppression of appetite, whether by drugs or self; 4) eating disorder, generally anorexia nervosa. [4]

  3. Luteinizing hormone - Wikipedia

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    Since LH is secreted as pulses, it is necessary to follow its concentration over a sufficient period of time to get proper information about its blood level. During reproductive years, typical levels are between 1 and 20 IU/L. Physiologic high LH levels are seen during the LH surge (v.s.) and typically last 48 hours.

  4. List of medical triads, tetrads, and pentads - Wikipedia

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    A medical triad is a group of three signs or symptoms, the result of injury to three organs, which characterise a specific medical condition. The appearance of all three signs conjoined together in another patient, points to that the patient has the same medical condition, or diagnosis.

  5. Ovulation - Wikipedia

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    [22] [23] However, midcycle pain may also not be due to Mittelschmerz, but due to other factors such as cysts, endometriosis, sexually transmitted infections, or an ectopic pregnancy. [24] Other possible signs of ovulation include tender breasts, bloating, and cramps, although these symptoms are not a guarantee that ovulation is taking place ...

  6. Hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis - Wikipedia

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    Early follicles produce more androgens due to 5α-reductase activity, but dominant follicles, with high aromatase levels, shift to an estrogen-rich environment, crucial for their selection. [15] The LH surge, as previewed earlier, is triggered by rising estradiol levels and occurs about 34-36 hours before ovulation.

  7. Mittelschmerz - Wikipedia

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    Mittelschmerz (German: [ˈmɪtl̩ʃmɛʁt͡s] ⓘ) is a term for pain due to ovulation. It occurs mid-cycle (between days 7 and 24) and can last minutes to up to several days. [ 4 ] The pain affects one side of the lower abdomen and may be dull or sharp in nature.

  8. Luteal phase - Wikipedia

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    Ovulation occurs ~35 hours after the beginning of the LH surge or ~10 hours following the LH surge. Several days after ovulation, the increasing amount of estrogen produced by the corpus luteum may cause one or two days of fertile cervical mucus, lower basal body temperatures, or both. This is known as a "secondary estrogen surge". [4]

  9. Gonadotropin surge-attenuating factor - Wikipedia

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    The LH secretion most noticeable as a LH surge lasting 48 to 72 hours in the middle of the ovarian cycle. [3] Meiosis in the dominant follicle resumes and follicle ruptures shortly after the LH surge. [27] Ovulation can only occur if GnSAF is absent and the mid-cycle LH surge occurs. [3] [27]