19.6 COMMON ABNORMALITIES (FEMALE)

Question 1

• usually begins in a woman’s late 20s and increases in incidence and severity as menopause approaches.
• edema, headache, weight gain and behavioral disturbances such as irritability, nervousness, dysphoria, and
  lack of coordination.
  -Symptoms occur 5 to 7 days.

Answer 1

Premenstrual syndrome – PMS

Question 2

Inability to conceive over a period of 1 year of unprotected regular
intercourse. Contributing factors in women include abnormalities of the vagina, cervix,
uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries. stress, nutrition, chemical
substances, certain diseases and sexual and immunological responses.

Answer 2

Infertility

Question 3

Presence and growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterus causes
pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and heavy or prolonged menstrual flow

Answer 3

Endometriosis –

Question 4

Warty lesions on the labia, within the vestibule or in the perianal region as a result of human papillomavirus(HPV) infection. Veneral warts are sexually transmitted and are flesh-colored, whitish pink to reddish
brown, discrete, soft growths and may form cauliflower-like masses.

Answer 4

Condyloma Acuminatum (Genital warts) –

Question 5

Benign skin infection caused by poxvirus, may be
transmitted by sexual contact. Incubation period is from 2 to 7 weeks. The lesions are
white or flesh-colored, dome-shaped papules that are round or oval. Surface
characteristic is central umbilication from a thick creamy core can be expressed

Answer 5

Molluscum Contagiosum –

Question 6

Lesions of secondary syphilis appear about 6 to 12 weeks after
infection. Flat, round, or oval papules covered by a gray exudates.

Answer 6

Condyloma latum –

Question 7

A firm, painless ulcer. In women develop internally.

Answer 7

Syphilitic chancre (Primary syphilis) –

Question 8

STI that produces small red vesicles. The lesions may itch and are
painful and usually confined to a small localized patch on the vulva, perineum, vagina
or cervix.

Answer 8

Herpes lesions –

Question 9

Caused by gonococcal infection. Acute inflammation
produces a hot, red, tender, fluctuant swelling that may drain pus. Chronic inflammation
results in a nontender cyst on the labium.

Answer 9

Inflammation of Bartholin gland –

Question 10

A hernail protrusion of the urinary bladder through the anterior wall of
the vagina. Bulging can be seen as the woman bears down.

Answer 10

Cystocele –

Question 11

Hernial protrusion of part of the rectum through the posterior wall of the
vagina.

Answer 11

Rectocele –

Question 12

Finding include vaginal discharge, lesions, and masses. Cancer of the
vulva appear as ulcerated or raised red lesions on the vulva.

Answer 12

Carcinoma –

Question 13

A bright red polypoid growth that protrudes from the urethral
meatus.

Answer 13

Urethral carbuncle –