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Case Reports from Women Using a Quantitative Hormone Monitor to Track the Perimenopause Transition
Medicina
  • Maria Meyers, Western Health Center
  • Richard J. Fehring, Marquette University
  • Mary Schneider, Marquette University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2023
Publisher
MDPI
Original Item ID
DOI: 10.3390/medicina59101743
Abstract

The fertility tracking of menstrual cycles during perimenopause with a quantitative hormone monitor is a novel undertaking. Women in regular menstrual cycles have been tracking their fertility using different biomarkers since the 1960′s. Presently, there are newer electronic hormonal devices used to track fertility that provide more exact and objective data to help delineate the fertile time frame of a woman’s cycle. These devices measure quantitative levels of estrogen, the luteinizing hormone, progesterone, and follicle-stimulating hormone, all of which occur at varying levels during the menstrual cycle. As women advance toward menopause, their cycles vary in length, and their hormones fluctuate. In this retrospective analysis, forty-two women aged 40 to 50 tracked their cycles over time, and eight of these forty-two women used the quantitative hormonal device. With the use of this device, the perimenopausal period has revealed distinct hormonal cycle characteristics that are unique to this group of women. It is the purpose of this paper to discuss these cycle’s characteristics during perimenopause, which were found with the use of the quantitative hormonal device.

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Published version. Medicina, Vol. 59 (2023). DOI. © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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Citation Information
Maria Meyers, Richard J. Fehring and Mary Schneider. "Case Reports from Women Using a Quantitative Hormone Monitor to Track the Perimenopause Transition" Medicina (2023) ISSN: 1010-660X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/richard_fehring/196/