Other conditions with symptoms similar to menopause symptoms
Other conditions that can cause symptoms similar to menopause symptoms include:
- Conditions that lead to an absence of the menstrual periods (amenorrhea), such as pregnancy, severe weight loss or gain, or excessive exercise.
- Emotional changes, such as stress, anxiety, or depression.
- Problems with other hormones, which can result from problems with the thyroid gland (underactive or overactive), problems with the pituitary gland, or polycystic ovary syndrome.
- Problems that can cause irregular bleeding. These include:
- Irregular ovulation unrelated to an age-related drop in fertility.
- Uterine fibroids, which are noncancerous growths in the uterus.
- Endometrial polyps, which are another type of noncancerous growths in the uterus.
- Endometrial hyperplasia, which is abnormal thickening of the lining of the uterus that can lead to uterine cancer if not treated.
- Endometrial cancer, also known as uterine cancer.
- Cervical cancer.
| Author: | Robin Parks, MS | Last Updated: May 19, 2008 |
| Medical Review: | Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine Kirtly Jones, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology | |
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