Final Quiz Womens Health Flashcards
What is the first and second leading thing that cancer patients hate to be told
1) youll be fine 2) call me if you need me
How is cancer named?
from where it started not where it spread
Do you want a tumor to be encapsulated?
yes
Less than ___% of cancer in the US are sarcoma
2%
Cancer is the ___ leading cause of death among women
second
Cancer is the leading cause of death among which ethnicity?
Asian Americans
What are two of the leading factors for getting cancer?
1)smoking 2) lack of physical activity
What is the top environmental factor for cancer?
sun exposure
About ___% of lung cancer is in women ___ and younger
50% and 50
What two viruses are linked with cancer
HPV and Hepatitis
What ethnicity is most likely to have breast cancer but in which is it more fatal?
more common in whites, more fatal in blacks
Women are less likely to respond to which cancer treatment
lung
What type of disease is leading cause of death in the U.S. and around the world
chronic disease
At what age is your peek bone mass
30
Osteoporosis is the leading cause of what
frailty
What parts of the body do osteoporosis most commonly affect
spine, hip, and wrist
___% of all US adults affected with osteoporosis are women
80%
____% of all women are predicted to experience a bone fracture due to bone loss
50%
women are __ times more likely than men to get osteoporosis
4
What group is at the highest risk for osteoporosis
non hispanic white post menopausal women
When does menopausal bone loss occur
during first 5-10 years after. lose 3% a year
___ million americans have arthritis but only ___ mill are dr diagnosed
46 mill, 24.3 mill
____% of those diagnosed with arthritis are women
60%
___ out of every___ Americans have arthritis
1, 5
Where does arthritis most commonly effect
knees
what is the adeaing risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis
smoking
rates if osteoarthritis are the same in men and women untill what age
45
women have __-___ times higher rates of arthritis than men
2-3
What ethnic group is most likely to have arthritis
non hispanic white, but blacks get it the worst
Arthritis is most common in women over ___
55 HOWEVER 3/5 are under 65
What is the most frequent and disabling chronic condition among women
arthritis
Diabetes is trouble converting ____ into energy
glucose
diabetes is ___th leading cause of death in US
7th
How many people in US are diagnose with diabetes, what percent women?
25.8 mill, 50%
women with diabetes are at a ___-___ times increase for ______
2-4x, heart disease
in the past 30 yrs there has been almost a ___% of heart disease related to diabetes
20%
having post menopausal diabetes increases risk for
falls and hip fractures
depression is __times as common in women with diabetes
2 times
diabetic coma risk is __% higher in women
50
___x higher prevalence among African American, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian, and Asian/Pacific Islander than white women
2-4
What ethnicity is at greatest risk for diabetes
non hispanic blacks
______ of all women age 20 and older have diabetes
~____ of these women do not know they have it
12.6 million (10.8%), 1/3
What is one of the leading causes of blindness in US
diabetic retinopathy
Type 1 diabetes
less diagnosed, insulin dependent, usually develops over short amount of time
Type 2 diabetes
insulin resistant, more common in females, develops gradually
What is one of the first things that people with type two diabetes notice
slow healing of gums
Gestational diabetes affects __% of pregnancies
4
gest. diabetes usually develops during what week of preg
24
Rates for developing type 2 after gest diabetes
40-60% develop type 2 within 5-10 years
macrosomia
fat baby
What is leading risk facto for Alz.
age
Why are women getting Alz
living longer
Your chances of getting Alz ___ ever ___ years after 65
doubles every five years
Alz is the ___ leading cause of death in US
6th
___ mill are diagnosed with Alz in US, ___ are women
5.4, 3.4
What three processes does Alz interrupt
communcation, metabloism, and repair
Alz symptoms men vs women
women more likely to be emotional, reclusive and depressed while men tend to act out and wander
