Treatment

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Amenorrhea due to normal causes, such as pregnancy, does not need to be treated. In other cases, treatments will depend on the cause. Treatments include:

• Dieting and exercising to lose weight (for amenorrhea caused by obesity)
• Dieting to gain weight (for amenorrhea caused by extreme weight loss)
• Learning ways to manage stress
• Changing exercise levels
• Hormones, ordered by a health care provider
• Surgery (rarely)

Amenorrhea may be the symptom of anorexia nervosa, a serious eating disorder. If you or someone you care about has this condition, get help right away

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