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How Long Does Menstruation Last?
Toxic shock syndrome is a severe disease that involves fever,
Alternative Names
Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Toxic shock syndrome is caused by a toxin produced by certain types of Staphylococcus bacteria. A similar syndrome, called toxic shock-like syndrome (TSLS), can be caused by Streptococcal bacteria.
Although the earliest cases of toxic shock syndrome involved women who were using...
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Amenorrhea: primary
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Amenorrhea is the absence of menstruation. Menstruation is a woman's monthly period.Primary amenorrhea is when a girl has not yet started her monthly... Read more »
Bloating and menstruation
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Bloating is the feeling of a full, swollen belly area, usually due to gas in the intestines. Some women have bloating before or during their period... Read more »
Menstruation: absent
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Absent menstruation means no menstrual flow, or period. Absent menstruation may be:Primary -- no menstruation by age 16Secondary -- menstruation... Read more »
Menstrual periods: heavy, prolonged, or irregular
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Alternative Names Irregular menstruation; Heavy, prolonged, or irregular periods; Menorrhagia; Polymenorrhea; Metrorrhagia and other... Read more »
Painful menstrual periods
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Painful menstrual periods are periods in which a woman experiences crampy lower abdominal pain, sharp pain that comes and goes, aching pain, or... Read more »
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