NUR 4445 Exam 1
- Oligomenorrhea
- cycle length at intervals of >35 days in adults, and >45 days in adolescents
Answer
- Polymenorrhea
- regular bleeding at intervals of <21 days
Answer
- Amenorrhea
- absence of menses for 6 months, or absence of menstrual periods for three normal cycles
Answer
- hypogonadotropic
problem in the central hypothalamic-pituitary axis (underweight, extreme exercise, pituitary lesions, primary pituitary failure
- Menorrhagia
Answer heavier &increased flow, e7 days or excessive bleeding (e80 mL/cy cle) at regular intervals
- Metrorrhagia
Answer irregular, frequent bleeding of varying amounts, but not excessive amounts
- Menometrorrhagia
Answer · prolonged (e7 days) or excessive bleeding at irregular inter- vals
- Inter-menstrual bleeding 1 / 3
Answer irregular bleeding between regular cycles
- Postmenopausal bleeding
Answer bleeding occurs >1 yr after last cycle or unexpect- ed when taking cyclic hormone therapy
9. AUB
Answer excessive, erratic, or irregular bleeding not associated with intrauterine pathology
- Dysmenorrhea
- primary
Answer
no underlying disease
- secondary
underlying disease
- Hyper & Hypomenorrhea
- long duration and short duration of menses
Answer
- Premenstrual Syndrome
- premenstrual symptoms only occur during the luteal phase, between ovulation and the start of
Answer
menstrual bleeding, or soon after
- PMS symptoms vary greatly from woman to woman and cycle to cycle, and they can range
from mild to severe 2 / 3
- symptoms
- breast tender
- bloat
- weight gain
- acne
- cravings
- fatigue
- agression
- withdrawal
- sadness
- treat
- dec caffeine, dec salt
- healthy foods
- nsaids/OTC
- sleep well
13. PMDD
Answer Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- brain chemical called serotonin plays a role in a severe form of PMS, called PMDD
- symptoms
which can be disabling
- sadness/ dispair
- anxiety/ panic
- anger
- low energy
- treat
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