Withdrawal bleeding

The withdrawal bleeding is a slight bleeding from the lining of the uterus due to a reduced availability of the sex hormone estrogen without a simultaneous increase in progesterone . It can occur after discontinuation of hormones as a result of a withdrawal of estrogen or progesterone and as a result of an anovulatory cycle. This occurs, for example, when you take a break from taking the pill.

The withdrawal bleeding is comparable to menstruation and is therefore also referred to as pseudo- menstruation . In a broader, physiological, sense, menstruation is also a withdrawal bleeding.

literature

• Withdrawal bleeding . In: Pschyrembel Dictionary Sexuality. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-11-016965-7 , p. 1.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} withdrawal bleeding . In: Pschyrembel Dictionary Sexuality. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-11-016965-7 , p. 1.

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