Abstract
Menstrual patterns differ even in nongenital tuberculosis. Our
objective is to determine whether nongenital tuberculosis makes
menstrual dysfunction, before and sustain after
treatment. Menstrual patterns were compared in women with
pulmonary or extrapulmonary but nongenital tuberculosis with
healthy nursing students and also with themselves, before and
after treatment in a retrospective cohort study. Subjects were
selected by convenient nonrandomized sampling but
control groups were selected by random allocation among
volunteers of nursing students. Case and control subjects were
matched in age group. Menstrual patterns including amount,
duration, interval, cessation of period, any menstrual
irregularity, and pelvic pain were evaluated. Among 100 cases of
proven tuberculosis, 90 patients had pulmonary and 10 cases had
extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Secondary amenorrhea
(