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What Causes Weight Loss With Amenorrhea?
I have had amenorrhea for over a year now, and it could not be traced to anything during a clinical test, or dietetic recall, or a bone scan. I keep losing weight, but still perform on a high level in track and field. Could my body just think it's pregnant, or something?
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Hello there,
If you are training for track and field and you are taking any supplements which have uncertified components then they may have a virilizing(Masculinizing) effect on you and interfere with your hormonal cycles and cause amenorrhoea.
You mentioned clinical tests so have you got a thyroid profile(t3,t4 and TSH) done and also to check serum levels of estrogen and testesterone.
Hope this helps,
Dr Arun A
If you are training for track and field and you are taking any supplements which have uncertified components then they may have a virilizing(Masculinizing) effect on you and interfere with your hormonal cycles and cause amenorrhoea.
You mentioned clinical tests so have you got a thyroid profile(t3,t4 and TSH) done and also to check serum levels of estrogen and testesterone.
Hope this helps,
Dr Arun A
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