What kinds of labs need to be done to diagnose oligomenorrhea?

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To diagnose oligomenorrhea, your doctor will want to check for pregnancy and hormone problems. Pregnancy is an alternate explanation for menstrual dysfunction. Hormone problems like an excessive amount of the male hormone androgen or abnormal levels of estrogen can be caused by malfunctioning glands.

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Oligomenorrhea

Oligomenorrhea is a condition where a woman experiences irregular menstrual cycles. If you have oligomenorrhea, you may not experience a period every month. Rather, your periods will come at unpredictable times, perhaps only a few times a year. This can sometimes be caused when a pituitary tumor causes estrogen levels to decrease and prolactin levels to rise. Or you may develop this condition as a side effect of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). With PCOS, your ovaries and/or adrenal glands produce an overload of androgens, which interferes with normal ovulation, leading to oligomenorrhea.

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