Lecture 6: Health Maintenance Flashcards
What qualifies as postmenopause?
No menstrual flow for 12+ months
What is metrorrhagia?
Menstrual bleeding between cycles
What is considered polymenorrhea?
20 days or less
What is menometrorrhagia?
Completely irregular bleeding
metrorrhagia is between cycles
What is considered oligomenorrhea?
35 days or more
poly is 20
What time period qualifies as amenorrhea?
No menstrual period in over 6 months
What might contact bleeding suggest?
Cervical cancer
Postcoital, contact cervical
What does a radical hysterectomy remove?
- Uterus
- Cervix
- Pericervical tissue
- Upper vagina
What is a BSO?
Bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
Removal of ovaries and tubes
TAH and TVH
- TAH: total abdominal hysterectomy
- TVH: total vaginal hysterectomy
When does the first reproductive health visit tend to occur?
13-15
start of puberty?
What occurs at the first reproductive health visit?
- Health info
- If symptomatic: pelvic or STD screen may be needed
When do we start pap smears and pelvic exams?
- Pap smears: 21 unless symptomatic, even if active
- Pelvic exams: 21, but depends on s/s and hx.
How often are pap smears?
Every 3-5 yrs
Usually start at age 21.
When are CBE indicated?
Not really; its not required and not a replacement for a mammogram.
Ideal setup for a well woman exam
- Cloth gowns
- Calming + aesthetic environment
- One breast at a time (cover the other)
- Allow companion if no issues
Although SBE is no longer recommended, what should a woman keep in mind if she still intends to examine her breasts?
- Visual exam for changes/dimpling
- Palpate all quadrants
- Examine same time every month
What test needs to be done prior to the bimanual exam?
Pap smear
PANCE-wise, what do you lubricate the speculum with?
Warm water
Describe a traditional pap smear
- Cervical scraping around external os via SPATULA
- BRUSH in endocervical canal.
Spat first, brush 2nd
What structures are palpated during a bimanual exam?
- Cervix
- Uterus
- Adnexa: fallopian tubes and ovaries
adnexa usually palpable only in slim
Describe the newer pap smear test
- Insert broom so that short bristles touch ectocervix and long bristles in the center in the endocervical canal.
- Smash broom and swirl inside container once samples are obtained.
According to ACS guidelines, when are comprehensive skin exams indicated?
- For 20-40, Q3y
- For 40+, Q1y
Pap smear frequencies
- 21-29: every 3 years
- 30-65: every 3 years OR HPV +/- pap every 5
- 65+: can stop if no hx of dysplasia/cx + 3 negative paps or 2 negative paps/HPVs in past 10y
- Guidelines do not apply to cervical cx, HIV+, immuno, or DES exposure