Gynecology Test #3 Flashcards
Primary dysmenorrhea
Primary dysmenorrhea: lower abdomenal/lower back pain before or during the menstural cycle, primary dysmenorrhea begins since the very first menstrual cycle, also called functional dysmenorrhea
Secondary dysmenorrhea
Secondary dysmenorrhea: lower abdomenal/lower back pain before or during the menstural cycle, secondary dysmenorrhea means the pain starts later in life, usually due to inflammation, endometriosis
Dysmenorrhea pathogenesis
Pathogenesis: Excess (obstruction causing pain - blood stasis, cold, damp heat/inflammation, cold damp, qi stagnation) Deficiency (failure to nourish - qi and blood defiicency, liver and kidney deficiency, deficiency cold)
Dysmenorrhea differentiation
Differentiation: ectopic pregnancy, pregnancy, appendicitis, twisting of the ovaries, burst ovary cyst, miscarriage
Symptoms: Distending pain in the lower abdomen at one or two days before mensturation or during menstruation, dislike pressing, or with distention in the chest, hypochondriac region and breast, or small volume purple dark blood with clots, abdominal pain better after clots discharge and pain relieved after period, purple dark tongue with spots, wiry or wiry and slippery pulse,
QI STAGNATION AND BLOOD STASIS dysmenorrhea
QI STAGNATION AND BLOOD STASIS dysmenorrhea TP
TP: regulate qi, remove blood stasis, relieve pain
QI STAGNATION AND BLOOD STASIS dysmenorrhea formula
Formula: Ge Xia Zhu Yu Tang
Symptoms: cold pain in the lower abdomen before or during menstruatio, prefer warming and dislike pressing, small volume of purple dark blood with clots, aversion to cold and body ache, white greasy coating, deep and tight pulse
COLD AND DAMPNESS dysmenorrhea
COLD AND DAMPNESS dysmenorrhea TP
TP: warm meridian, dispel cold and dampness, remove blood stasis and releive pain
COLD AND DAMPNESS dysmenorrhea formula
Formula: Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang + Cang Zhu, Fu Ling
Symptoms: cold pain in the lower abdomen during or after menstruation, prefer warmth and pressing, small light or dark blood, weakness in the lower back and legs, profuse urination, deep pulse, white and moist coating
DEFICIENCY COLD dysmenorrhea
DEFICIENCY COLD dysmenorrhea TP
TP: warm meridian and uterus, relieve pain
DEFICIENCY COLD dysmenorrhea formula
Formula: Wen Jing Tang + Fu Zi, Ai Ye, Xiao Hui Xiang
Symptoms: lower abdominal pain with burning sensation before menstruation which dislikes pressure, or with distending pain on the lower back, or freuqent pain on the side of the abdomen but worse during menstruation, thick dark red blood with clots, low fever, yellow thick vaginal discharge, short yellow urine, red tongue with yellow greasy coating, wiry and rapid or floating soft and rapid pulse.
DAMP HEAT POURING DOWN dysmenorrhea
DAMP HEAT POURING DOWN dysmenorrhea TP
TP: clear heat, dispel damp, remove blood stasis, relieve pain
DAMP HEAT POURING DOWN dysmenorrhea Formula
Formula: Qing Re Tiao Xue Tang + Hong Teng, Bai Jiang Cao, Yi Yi Ren
Symptoms: dull pain in the lower abdomen after or during menstruation, bearing down sensation in the lower abdomen, prefer pressing, small volume, light and thin blood
QI AND BLOOD DEFICIENCY dysmenorrhea
QI AND BLOOD DEFICIENCY dysmenorrhea TP
TP: tonify qi, nourish blood, relieve pain
QI AND BLOOD DEFICIENCY dysmenorrhea Formula
Formula: Shen Yu Tang minus Sheng Di Huang + Bai Shao, Xiang Fu, Yan Hu Suo
Symptoms: dull pain in the lower abdomen after menstruation, small light dark blood
LIVER AND KIDNEY DEFICIENCY dysmenorrhea
LIVER AND KIDNEY DEFICIENCY dysmenorrhea TP
TP: Nourish liver and kidney, relieve pain
LIVER AND KIDNEY DEFICIENCY dysmenorrhea formula
Formula: Tiao Gan Tang
Excess dysmenorrhea pain symptoms
Excess: pain before or during period 1-3 days, distending or stabbing or burning or spasm pain, dislikes pressure
Deficiency dysmenorrhea pain symptoms
Deficiency: pain after period of the end of the period, dull pain that likes pressure
Pain in the middle of the abdomen:
blood stasis or cold
Pain in the low back:
SP/KD yang xu cold
Distending pain with gas:
qi stagnation
Sharp, spasm pain:
blood stasis
Primary amenorrhea
Primary amenorrhea: no period at 16 years old
Secondary amenorrhea
Secondary amenorrhea: no period for 3 cycles
Amenorrhea pathogenesis
- Obstruction due to qi and blood stagnation: can be from emotions, stress, or an organic problem such as hormone disruption, deficiency, or excess
- Obstruction of phlegm and damp: PCOS
- Deficiency of liver and kidney: lack of hormones
- Qi and blood deficiency: can be from loss of blood from labor, causes Sheehan’s syndrome
- Yin deficiency and blood dryness
How is dysmenorrhea diagnoses different from amenorrhea?
Amenorrhea ( also has damp heat, cold and damp, deficiency cold). Amenorrhea also has phlegm damp and yin deficiency with blood dryness.
Symptoms: non appearance of menstruation by the age of 16 years old, slight amount of bleeding and delayed menstruation developing slowly to amenorrhea, weakness and soreness in the low back and knees, dizziness, tinnitus, weak constitution, grey hair, hair loss, frequent or night urination, FSH is high, estrogen is low, ovaries are small, pale tongue, little coating, deep weak or thready choppy pulse
LIVER AND KIDNEY DEFICIENCY amenorrhea
LIVER AND KIDNEY DEFICIENCY amenorrhea TP
TP: tonify kidney, nourish liver, regulate menstruation
LIVER AND KIDNEY DEFICIENCY amenorrhea formula
Formula: Gui Shen Wan + Ji Xue Teng, He Shou Wu
Symptoms: delayed menstruation with a slight amount of pale and thin blood that gradually develops into amenorrhea, qi and blood deficiency symptoms, mostly secondary amenorrhea, pale complexion, pale
lips, nails, eyelids, pale tongue little coating, palpitations, shorntess of breath, insomnia, lassitude, poor appetite, hair loss, dry hair, early greying of hair, sallow complexion, deep deficient or deficient rapid pulse
QI AND BLOOD DEFICIENCY
QI AND BLOOD DEFICIENCY amenorrhea TP
TP: tonify qi, nourish blood, regulate menstruation
QI AND BLOOD DEFICIENCY amenorrhea formula
Formula: Ren Shen Yang Rong Tang
Symptoms of severe blood loss amenorrhea
If heavy blood loss, dry vagina, decreased libido or atrophy of reproductive organs (Sheehan syndrome) add Lu Rong, Lu Jiao Shuang, Zi He Che, Blood loss is unable to nourish the pituitary so hormone production is low
If patient has Sheehan’s syndrome, what formula and added herbs do you use
Ren Shen Yang Rong Tang + Lu Rong, Lu Jiao Shuang, Zi He Che
Symptoms: scanty menstruation gradually becoming amenorrhea, yin and blood deficiency symptoms, night sweating, steaming bone, malar flush, cough with blood, red tongue, little coating, thready rapid pulse
YIN DEFICIENCY AND DRY BLOOD amenorrhea
YIN DEFICIENCY AND DRY BLOOD amenorrhea TP
TP: nourish yin, clear heat, regulate menstruation