[Immunological status in patients with amenorrhea (literature review)].

Abstract

Amenorrhea is a common symptom of a whole range of nosologies among women of reproductive age, which can accompany any endocrinopathy in the stage of decompensation. In all the diversity of various links in the pathogenesis of reproductive disorders, the problem of immunopathology remains a little aside, however, the significance of these disorders is underestimated. This publication provides an overview of immune system abnormalities in a women with amenorrhea. As is known, in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and premature ovarian insufficiency (POI), one of the clinical manifestations is amenorrhea. On the one hand, these nosologies differ significantly from each other in etiology, pathogenesis and approaches to therapy, and on the other hand, they have a common similarity, manifested by immunological disorders. The article provides information about the immune status of patients with PCOS and POI. Works devoted to various disorders in the immune system, pathologies of humoral and cellular immunity, which in the future may serve as the key to the development of new and non-standard methods of treating such socially significant diseases, are analyzed. Literature search was carried out in national (eLibrary, CyberLeninka.ru) and international (PubMed, Cochrane Library) databases in Russian and English. The choice of sources was prioritized for the period from 2018 to 2024.