Thursday, 24 September 2020

Anovulation -Its causes

 

Anovulation is present in  40% cases of  Female subfertility  . If so then our primary duty is to assess the cause of anovulation and plan tr accordingly . The WHO have categorized anovulatory disorders in 3 chief kinds but in clinical practice we often follow 5  types of anovulation , Such  five causes of anovulation

 WHO Group-I: - HP Failure (Low gonadotrophins with amenorrhoea),

 WHO Group-II: HP dysfunction e.g., PCOS:- evidenced by normal E 2 , normal FSH . As a matter of fact about 90%of anovulation is of this type –clinically represented by oligo ameno, and rarely ameno,

 WHO Group III:- Primary Ov failure. POF. The clinical examples are Natural  menopause , Turners syn. Such are exhibited by 1) ameno,2)  Low E2,3)  High FSH-4) Low  AMH which is a better marker than low FSH...5)  Hot flushes. This are called as Primary Ov failure. Unfortunately in most cases of WHO Group III-the cause remains uncertain and many believe that such type of loss of ovarian reserve is autoimmune type.

 

WHO Group-IV- Hyperprolactinaemia.(PRL level will have to be twice the upper limit).

 

 Group-V:- Outflow Tract Obstruction. FSH is Normal, No withdrawal bleed after Prog Challenge test.   , neither withdrawal bleeding with combined E & P; Usually Primary ameno, Rarely Ashermans Syndrome

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