PCOS, PIS, ENDOMETRIOSIS Flashcards
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF PCOS
A CONDITION TRIGGERED BY THE INAPPROPRIATE SECRETION OF GONADATROPHINS AND INSULIN
WHAT IS THE DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR PCOS
MENSTURAL IRREGULARITY
CLINICAL HYPERANDROGENISM
US EVIDENCE OF POLYCYSTIC OVARIES MORE THAN 12 IN EACH OVARY
WHAT IS HAPPENING AT A CELLULAR LEVEL WITH PCOS
TO MUCH LH AND NOT ENOUGH FSH LEADS TO INCREASED ANDROGENS AND THEN NOT ENOUGH FSH TO CONVERT THE EXCESS INTO ESTROGEN, LEADING TO HYPERANDROGENISM AND ASSOC SYMPTOMS
WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FEATURES OF PCOS
MENSTURAL DISTURBANCE
INFERTILITY
HYPERANDROGENISM
ALOPECCIA
OBESITY
MOOD CHANGES/ DEP/ ANX
INSULIN RESISTANCE
DYSLIPADEMIA
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF ENDOMETRIOSIS
DEPOSITS OF CELLS SIMILAR TO UTERINE ENDOTHELIUM ARE FOUND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE WOMEN HAVE ENDO
10%
WHAT IS VICARIOUS BLEEDING
CYCLICAL BLEEDING FROM A SURFACE OTHER THAN THE UTERINE MUCOSA
WHAT HAPPENS IF ENDO TISSUE IS IN THE PERITONEAL CAVITY
ADHESIONS CAUSING DECREASED MOTILITY OF ORGANS
WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON SITE OF ENDO
SURFACE OF UTERINE TUBES, BOWEL, BLADDER AND URETERS
WHAT IS THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FOR ENDO
RETROGRADE MENSTURATION
INSTEAD OF ENDO TISSUE BEING KILLED OFF, THEY THINK THE ENDO TISSUE WILL FO THE OPPOSITE WAY AND ASCEND OUTSIDE OF THE UTERUS
WHY CAN THE PILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR THOSE WITH ENDO AND PCOS
BECAUSE THE PILL CREATES A BODILY STATE THAT MIMICS PREGNANCY, MEANING THAT THERE IS NO CYCLICAL MENSTRUATION AND LESS ENDOMETRIAL SYMPTOMS THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE EXACERBATED BY MENSTRUATION
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF PID
PID IS NOT ONE SPECIFIC DISEASE BUT THE OUTCOME OF ANY INFECTION IN THE GENITOURINARY TRACT WHICH HAS NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY TREATED
PID CAN INCLUDE ANY COMBONATION OF
ENDOMETRIOSIS, SALPINGITIS, OOPHERITIS, PERITONITIS
WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS FOR PID
SEXUALLY ACTICE WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD MORE THAN ONE PARTNER
WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD INADEQUATELY OR UNTREATED CHALMYDIA OR GONORRHOEA
SURGERIES
WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FEATURES OF PID
LOWER ABDO PAIN
IRREGULAR BLEEDING
MUCOPURULENT DISCHARGE
