Menstrual Dysfunction in Teens

Abstract

Sinisa Franjic

The first menstruation marks the moment in which a girl enters a completely new period of life and transforms into a woman biologically capable of achieving pregnancy and childbirth. By the time of maturation, puberty, in the girls between the 8th and 13th, it is coming to the so-called axial maturity - hypothalamus-pituitary-ovary. This period is often recognized by intense physical changes, i.e. by the development of the so-called secondary bodily traits - growth, body-shaped changes in girls, breast growth, hair growth on the vulva, and hair growth on axillary pits along with the first menstruation - menarche. The menstrual cycle includes the essence of women’s reproductive life - the ability to achieve pregnancy and childbirth.

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