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What are the causes of delayed menstruation?

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Asked on:Apr 01, 2026 05:48 PM

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  • Bouton Bouton

    Apr 01, 2026

      1. Pregnancy

      For women of childbearing age who have had sexual intercourse, when menstruation is delayed, they often doubt whether they have abnormal menstruation or are pregnant. This problem is a very common phenomenon in daily life. How to rule out pregnancy and determine menstruation disease , this is an issue that must be clarified first. First make sure you are pregnant.

      If the menstrual cycle has always been normal, with no signs of delay, and there are some symptoms of pregnancy reactions, you should use a pregnancy test strip to test your urine on the fifth day after the delay of menstruation (it can also be calculated from the fifth day from the start of menstruation). If it is positive, you should cooperate. Gynecology Pelvic examination ;If the cervix changes purple-blue color, Uterus Full or enlarged body, possibly with breasts distended pain , nausea and other accompanying symptoms, it can be diagnosed as pregnancy. Of course, you can also quickly determine whether you are pregnant through B-ultrasound.

      2. Side effects of drugs

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      Endocrine disorders after long-term use of contraceptive pills can also cause delayed menstruation. Based on patient feedback, doctors also discovered that the new generation of gastric motility drug Domperidone, also known as domperidone, may also cause gastric cancer. Because dopamine does not easily penetrate the blood-brain barrier, it is considered to have no inhibitory effect on central dopamine receptors. The central dopamine receptors are inhibited, resulting in a decrease in the amount of factors released by the hypothalamus entering the anterior pituitary gland. Therefore, the secretion of gonadotropins and corticotropin hormones by the anterior pituitary gland decreases, leading to amenorrhea and delayed ovulation.

      3. Caused by surgery

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      1.flow of people Menstruation after surgery or medical abortion is determined by the degree of recovery of the endometrial wall, which is likely to cause delayed menstruation.

      2. Uterine cavity surgery causes cervical adhesions and causes menstrual blood stasis, thus delaying menstruation.