Study of Puberty Menorrhagia in Adolescent Girl in a Rural Set-up

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ABSTRACT Introduction Puberty menorrhagia is a real trouble among adolescent girls mostly due to problem in hypothalamic-pituitaryovarian axis. Aims and objectives To understand the various causative factors in puberty menorrhagia and to evaluate the role of hormones estrogens, progesterones or combination of both in controlling the excessive menstrual bleeding. Materials and methods It is a study conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, JNMC, Sawangi from January 2009 to December 2010. Study included a total of 50 adolescent girls presenting with complains of menorrhagia. Results About 78% patients had menorrhagia due to immaturity of hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis; 14% had polycystic ovarian disease and 8% had hypothyroidism. Out of 50 patients who were treated with hormones, 26 patients (52%) responded by the end of third month follow-up. Conclusion Majority of the patients showed good response to combined oral contraceptive pills (78%). How to cite this article Joshi S, Chella H, Shrivastava D. Study of Puberty Menorrhagia in Adolescent Girl in a Rural Set-up. J South Asian Feder Obst Gynae 2012;4(2):110-112.