The natural menstrual cycle has a certain period, which is individual for each woman. The optimal number of days in a cycle is 24-28 days, but a period of up to 35 days is allowed. If there is a delay of 10 months or more, this is an excess of the norm, which can be fraught with many problems.
Each matured girl should be able to correctly determine her optimal cycle and consider its duration. Probably not everyone knows that the count occurs from the first day of the already begun menstruation until the first day of the next. Outages of up to 4-5 days are considered the norm, so in this case, do not panic prematurely, but a delay of 10 months is already a cause for concern.
What is the reason for such changes in the body, which entailed such consequences? Specialists subdivide factors into two groups: pathological and physiological (natural). However, before looking for a cause, determine whether a delay in menstruation for more than 10 days is a consequence of pregnancy. At home, this can be done with a pregnancy test, which is better to do a few. If after three tests the result is negative, you have to go to the gynecologist.
And yet, in a panic, one does not have to clutch at one’s head and build in one’s head the most terrible outcomes of a given situation, the reason can be completely banal. Let's look at the most frequent prerequisites for a situation where a monthly delay of more than 10 days occurs.
Girls who have just begun puberty may not particularly pay attention to such incidents of the body, over time everything will work out. Thinking about going to the clinic is only for those who, after two years, have not had an optimization of the cycle.
Delay of menstruation for 10 days can be triggered by heredity. Sometimes this happens in our lives: no pathologies have been detected, the state of health is excellent, and the cycle has not been settled. Ask your grandmother or mother about such problems. It is possible that this feature is inherent in your family.
Deviations are considered normal not only in adolescence, but also in the postpartum period, before menopause. By the way, before the end of the menstrual period, that is, when a certain age is reached, a monthly delay of 10 days is not the limit, such “downtimes” can last up to several weeks. It is also worth noting the possibility of such changes after an abortion or miscarriage.
The reason may be psychological. Frequent stresses, long flights by planes, a sharp change of residence in another climatic region, a change in a vital drug that has been taken for a fairly long period, hormonal disruptions, and even a change in work schedule (night shifts are replaced by the usual daily regimen and vice versa) - all this plays a very important role and has a huge impact on the state of health and the whole organism.