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lactational amenorrhea [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Perinatal Period
DEF

The absence of menstruation during lactation. [Scientific American, April 1984]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périnatalité

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Periodo perinatal
CONT

La amenorrea de lactancia (AL) corresponde a un período de infertilidad de duración variable entre las mujeres y poblaciones del mundo […]. Existen poblaciones que presentan largos períodos de lactancia materna y de amenorrea posparto, siendo ésta una condición que contribuye al control de su fertilidad y de aumento de los intervalos entre los nacimientos […]

OBS

Si la mujer después del parto amamanta en forma exclusiva a su hijo/a se producen en su cuerpo ciertas hormonas en mayor cantidad que inhiben la ovulación y producen amenorrea (ausencia de menstruación). Esta infertilidad natural evita que la mujer se embarace durante los primeros seis meses post-parto […]

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