Irregular Menses
Irregular menses, as measured from the start of one menses to the start of another, seem to occur in two patterns:
- Onset of menses varies irregularly from about 3 weeks to 6 weeks but not skipping a month altogether. It is called metrorrhagia if many of the menses are less than 4 weeks.
- Onset of menses varies from 4 weeks to 3-6 months having perhaps only 2-6 menses a year. This is called oligomenorrhea, infrequent menses.
Oligomenorrhea, the infrequent, irregular menses pattern is caused by lack of ovulation. However, it may further be subdivided into a low estrogen type in which there are no follicles being developed and a high estrogen type in which the follicles are developed but they are arrested so none of the eggs are released (ovulated) from the ovary.
Homeopathic approach
Homeopathic approach towards management of PCOD is constitutional, taking into account the presenting complaints along with physical, mental and genetic make-up that individualizes a person. Homeopathic medicines which act at root level can bring back deviations of hormonal system back to normalcy and in many cases abolish the need for exogenous hormones with their side-effects and complicating surgical procedures. Moreover, with this hormonal harmony, chances of conception increase significantly.