Treatment of Oligomenorrhea

The Response of Modern Medicine

While oligomenorrhea in teenagers and women near menopause may require no treatment whatsoever, those cases due to extreme eating disorders receive a combination of medical treatment such as anti-depressants, plus psychotherapy. If, on the other hand, the symptoms are caused by a tumor, surgical removal is usually effective. However, most other women with the condition that involve low weight, vigorous athletics or similar factors are typically treated with estrogen, usually in the form of estradiol, to improve and/or restore their hormonal balance.

The problem with the modern medical treatment option of estrogen supplementation is that it does nothing to address the underlying cause of the oligomenorrhea. Furthermore, the use of estradiol has been implicated as a factor in female cancers and other female-related conditions, as reported by a major study of the Women’s Health Initiative study and elsewhere. For example, according to the American Cancer Society Textbook of Clinical Oncology, "Oral contraceptives and steroidal estrogens are chemicals and mixtures judged to be carcinogenic to humans by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, and estradiol is in a class of carcinogenic chemicals." What most people do not realize about estradiol is that it is at least partly responsible for many of the conditions that plague women, such as dysmenorrhea, PMS, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, fibrocystic breast disease, migraine headaches, and chronic pelvic pain, not to mention conditions such as breast, cervical, ovarian and uterine cancer. Fortunately, other treatment options for oligomenorrhea are available.

The Natural Medicine Approach to Oligomenorrhea
The natural medicine approach is to focus on the underlying problem of the oligomenorrhea. For cases of the condition not caused by a specific disease or a tumor, the underlying problem usually involves abnormally low body fat, which puts the individual’s body into a pre-pubescent state. Treatment starts with hormonal testing to establish the female patient’s precise hormonal profile, with the typical result of a prescription for a natural form of progesterone. In addition, a healthy diet including good proteins and fats, as well as natural supplements such as flax seed oil, Menstrual Support and Premenselator cream are also prescribed to restore a proper nutritional and hormonal balance and encourage the restoration of a menstrual cycle normal for that particular female patient.