Adolescence can be a challenging time. Many teenage girls experience irregular or absent menstrual bleeding, pelvic pain, excessive hair growth and ovary cysts. These symptoms may be the sign of an endocrine disorder.
The glands of the endocrine system release hormones that regulate many bodily processes, including menstrual and reproductive function. Fortunately, endocrine disorders can be managed by a reproductive endocrinologist.
Suleena Kansal Kalra, MD, is a reproductive endocrinologist who specializes in adolescent reproductive health at Penn Medicine. A reproductive endocrinologist is an obstetrician/gynecologist with specialized training and expertise who diagnoses, manages and treats endocrine disorders that affect menstrual and reproductive function.
For adolescent females, the normal changes related to puberty may occur too early, too often or not at all, according to Dr. Kalra. In some young women, these irregularities can be attributed to an endocrine disorder that could affect their future fertility and overall reproductive health.
Dr. Kalra provides specialized, one-on-one care for adolescents experiencing endocrine disorders that can affect reproductive health. She is available to see adolescent women at Penn Fertility Care at Pennsylvania Hospital and at the Radnor facility.
Penn Fertility Care offers a full range of adolescent reproductive health services, including evaluation and treatment for:
- Abdominal pain
- Amenorrhea
- Congenital uterine anomalies
- Dysmenorrhea
- Endometriosis
- Fertility-preserving surgery
- Hirsutism
- Irregular menstrual bleeding
- Ovarian cysts
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
- Reproductive options for cancer patients
- Reproductive surgery
For more information or to make an appointment with a Penn reproductive endocrinologist, call 800-789-PENN (7366) or log on to PennMedicine.org.
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