abnormal bleeding patterns

Question 1

absence of menses >6 months

Answer 1

amenorrhea

Question 2

bleeding at an interval >35

days

Answer 2

oligomenorrhea

Question 3

excessive or prolonged menstrual bleeding
occurring at regular intervals. Technically,
blood loss >80 cc or > 7 days.

Answer 3

Menorrhagia (AKA hypermenorrhea)

Question 4

bleeding at intervals <21

days, within a 6 month period.

Answer 4

ž Polymenorrhea

Question 5

bleeding that occurs between regular menses

Answer 5

Intermenstrual bleeding (metrorrahgia)

Question 6

bleeding recurs
in a menopausal woman at least 1 year after
cessation of menses

Answer 6

Postmenopausal bleeding

Question 7

______ is a condition of unusually light
menstrual flow that occasionally presents as
spotting.

Answer 7

Hypomenorrhea

Question 8

This is bleeding that occurs at irregular
intervals with varying amounts and
duration of bleeding.

Answer 8

Menometrorrhagia

Question 9

Contact or post-coital bleeding should be

considered a sign of cervical _____

Answer 9

cancer

Question 10

Women between the ages of ____years of
age are more likely to exhibit pathologic
causes of bleeding

Answer 10

20-30

Question 11

___occurs after 20 weeks of gestation but before 36

weeks gestation.

Answer 11

premature labor

Question 12

palpation during the menstrual years
reveal an ovary with a mass estimated
to exceed ____ cm in diameter

Answer 12

5.0

Question 13

Sometimes with ______, a
follicle may persist and continue to
enlarge.

Answer 13

failure of ovulation

subside in 1-3 months

Question 14

(AUB)

Answer 14

Abnormal Uterine Bleeding