Exam 3 Flashcards
What education is given for condoms?
many contain latex, use only water-based lubricants
What education is given for diaphragm?
Use with spermicide jelly/cream
Can be inserted up to 4 hours before intercourse and left in for 6 hours after intercourse
Needs provider for fitting and a prescription
Refitted after: pregnancy, weight loss/gain of 10lbs, pelvic surgery, replace 1-2 years
Not recommended if hx of UTI or toxic shock syndrome
What education is given for cervical caps?
Covers only cervix, used with spermicide
Insert up to 12 hrs before intercouse and left in 8 hrs after
Protect for 48 hours
Replace every 1-2 years
Fit and prescribed by provider
Refitted after: abortion, pregnancy, weight changes
Not recommended if hx of abnormal pap smear or TSS
What education is given for sponge contraception?
Nonhormonal
May be obtained without prescription
One size
To use: wet with water, insert into vagina
Insert up to 24 hrs before intercourse and left in place for 6 hrs after intercourse
Provides 12 hrs of protection
If left in for more than 30 hrs increase risk of TSS
What education is given for the nuvaring?
Inserted for 3 weeks, discarded to allow for 1 week to allow for withdrawal bleeding
Estrogen and progesterone are absorbed through vaginal mucosa
Disadvantages: possible discomfort with intercourse, does not protect from STI
Do not use if pelvic floor is weak
What education is given for the patch contraception?
Change weekly, on x3 weeks and off x1 week
Estrogen and progesterone
Higher compliance than OCP but with similar side effects
Disadvantages: less effect with high BMI, risk of VTE
What education is given for nexaplon?
Protects for 5 years
Insert immediately after abortion, miscarriage, childbirth, can be used during breastfeeding
Reversible
Possible side effects: irregular bleeding, unpredictable bleeding, mood changes, headache, acne, depression, decreased bone density, weight gain
Do not use with hx of undiagnosed vaginal bleeding, acute liver disease, jaundice
What education is given for IUD contraceptions?
Placed in office
Types: Copper T (inactivates sperm) and Mirena (thickens cervical mucosa)
Contraindicated: multiple sex partners, pregnancy, active pelvic infection, abnormal uterine bleeding
Advantages: highly effective, low maintenance, ok with breastfeeding, easily reversed
Disadvantages: no protection against STIs, risk of PID with STI, menses changes, can be expelled, high insertion cost but low overall cost
Warning signs: PAINS
Period late, abnormal spotting, bleeding
Abdominal pain, pain with intercourse
Infection exposure, abnormal discharge
Not feeling well, chills, fever
String missing, shorter, or longer, expulsion of IUD
What education is given for combination OCS?
Estrogen and progestin
Estrogen will inhibit ovulation
Progestin will make cervical mucus non-receptive to sperm
Most popular
Lower estrogen will decrease health risks
Advantages: regulation of dysfunctional bleeding, reduction of dysmenorrhea, premenstrual symptoms, offers protection against cancers, improves acne, decreases benign breast disease and functional ovarian cysts
Side effects: chest pain, sob, leg pain, headache, visual disturbances, HTN
Of estrogen: nausea, breast tenderness, fluid retention, irregular bleeding
Of progesterone: increased appetite, tiredness, depression, breast tenderness
If one pill is missed, take it ASAP
If two or more are missed, clarify how many and use back up birth control
Will decrease effectiveness of some drugs and potentiate others and will have effects decreased with other drugs
What education is given for the minipill OCS?
Progestin only of low dosage
Need another form of birth control for the first month of use
Advantages: fewer side effects than combo pills, safe to take while breastfeeding, ok for smokers
Disadvantages: less effective in suppressing ovulation than combo
Side effects: breakthrough, irregular bleeding, vaginal bleeding, headache, nausea, breast tenderness
What education is given for depo-provera?
Inject every 3 months
Inhibits ovulation
Chanages cervical mucus and endometrium
Advantages: very effective, only 4 shots/year, does not impair lactation, may eliminate or decrease period bleeding
What education is given for emergency contraception?
Not a regular method of birth control
Used after no BC used during sex or if BC failed
What types of behavioral contraceptions are there?
abstinence
withdrawal
lactation amenorrhea method
fertility awareness
What is lactation amenorrhea method?
Temporary method of contraception used in first 6 months after fetus is born
Continuous breast feeding stimulates prolactin and inhibits gonadotropin necessary for ovulation
98% effective if exclusively breastfeeding
What is fertility awareness contraception?
Monitoring physical signs and symptoms of hormonal changes to predict times of fertility
Advantages: no health risk or side effects, compatible with religious beliefs, inexpensive
Disadvantages: learning takes time and effort, requires commitment, risk of pregnancy
What are the risks of infertility for males?
Heavy alcohol
Drugs
Smoking cigarettes
Age
Environmental toxins, including pesticides and lead
Health problems such as mumps, serious conditions like kidney disease, or hormone problems
Medicines
Radiation treatment and chemotherapy for cancer
What are the risks of infertility for females?
Age
Smoking
Excess alcohol use
Stress
Poor diet
Athletic training
Being overweight or underweight
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
Health problems that cause hormonal changes
(Such as polycystic ovarian syndrome and primary ovarian insufficiency)
What are the causes of vaginal infection?
candidiasis
trichomonas
gardnerella
What are the s/s, treatment, and perinatal complications of candidiasis?
Signs and symptoms:
White, “cottage cheese” discharge
Vulva is excoriated, erythematous with painful itching
During spec exam, adherent white packages
Treatment: antifungal Miconazole or fluconazole (teratogenic)
Perinatal complication: if untreated newborns may develop thrush
What are the s/s, treatment, and perinatal complications of trichomonas?
Signs and symptoms
Copious yellow-green frothy, mucopurulent, malodorous discharge, dysuria, dyspareunia, itching, petechiae of cervix
Treatment: Metronidazole
No alcohol during treatment
Do not use during first trimester of pregnancy
Decrease effectiveness of OBC
Abstain from sex until both partners are cured
Perinatal complication: preterm rupture of membranes and low weight babies, postpartum endometritis
What are the s/s, treatment, and perinatal complications of gardnerella?
Signs and symptoms
Thin white or gray discharge with fishy odor, increases after sex
Some can be asymptomatic
Treatment: Metronidazole
No alcohol during treatment
Avoid sunlight exposure
Metallic taste in mouth may occur
Perinatal complication: increase PID, associated with preterm labor, chorioamnioitis, premature rupture of membranes, postpartum endometritis
What are the causes of cervicitis?
Chlamydia and gonorrhea
What are the s/s, treatment, and perinatal complications of chlamydia?
Signs and symptoms
Vaginal discharge
Dysuria, urinary frequency
Spotting and/or postcoital bleeding
Treatment: azithromycin or doxycycline
If coinfected with gonorrhea treat with ceftriaxone
Perinatal complications: can lead to PID and infertility
What are the s/s, treatment, and perinatal complications of gonorrhea?
Signs and symptoms
Dysuria
Vaginal bleeding between periods
Dysmenorrhea
PID
Bartholin’s abscess
Yellowish-green discharge
Treatment: ceftriaxone and azithromycin
Perinatal complications: can be spread to fetus at birth
What are the s/s, treatment, and perinatal complications of HSV-2?
Signs and symptoms
Vesicles: blister-like lesions on vulva, vagina and perineal areas
Dysuria
Fever
Headache
Muscle aches
Treatment: no cure, acyclovir to suppress symptoms
Perinatal complications: 1st outbreak is most severe and if happens in 1st trimester there are higher rates of miscarriage
What are the s/s, treatment, and perinatal complications of syphilis?
Signs and symptoms
Primary: chancre on area bacteria entered body
Secondary: rash, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, flu-like symptoms
Latent: No symptoms, No longer contagious
Tertiary: damage to internal organs, damage to musculoskeletal, blindness
No longer reversible
Treatment: penicillin
Perinatal complications: can cross placenta and cause congenital syphilis
What are the s/s, treatment, PN complications of HPV?
Signs and symptoms
Wart-like lesions that are
Clusters, raised or flat, small or large on vulva, cervix, vagina and anus
Treatment: remove lesions by freezing, burning, laser, excision, trichloracetic acid or bichloracetic acid
PN complications: excessive bleeding from lesions after birth, IUGR, can be inherited
What are the types of hepatitis?
A – spreads via GI with polluted water, undercooked shellfish from contaminated water, oral/anal sex, feces of infected person
B – spread through bodily fluids
Perinatal complication: most threatening to fetus and neonate as it is a disease of liver and often a silent infection
Treatment: supportive, HBsAg positive mother and negative infant treated with HBIG and begin vaccinations
C – most common blood borne in US
What are the s/s and perinatal complications of Zika?
Signs and symptoms
Fever
Rash
Headache
Bone pain
Joint tenderness
Conjunctivitis
Perinatal complications: can pass virus to fetus
What are the s/s, treatment, and perinatal complications of HIV?
Signs and symptoms
Fever
Headache
Night sweats
Malaise
Generalized lymphadenopathy
Myalgias
Nausea
Diarrhea
Weight loss
Sore throat
Rash
Treatment: Retrovir
Begin at 14 weeks
Perinatal complications:
Avoid amniocentesis, forceps/vacuum extraction, internal fetal monitoring and/or episiotomy due to risk of maternal blood exposure
Planned cesarean section at 38 weeks
No breastfeeding
Newborn treated with antiretroviral syrup within 12 hours after birth to reduce transmission and then for 6 weeks