sexuality

Question 1

What is the definition of sexuality?

Answer 1

Central aspect of being human.

Encompasses sex, gender roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy, and reproduction.

It is experienced and expressed through thoughts, fantasies, desires, beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviors, practices, roles, and relationships

Question 2

What are the indications for amenorrhea?

Answer 2

This is the absence of menses after previous menstrual periods

Question 3

Primary amenorrhea

Answer 3

failure of menarche and the absence of menstruation by age 13 years without the development of secondary sex characteristics or by age 15 years regardless of the presence of secondary sex characteristics (see the Alterations of Sexual Maturation section for a discussion of delayed puberty).

Question 4

Secondary amenorrhea

Answer 4

is the absence of menstruation for a time equivalent to three or more cycles in women who have previously menstruated.

Question 5

What is priapism and what happens if it is prolonged

Answer 5

is prolonged erection

necrosis (the death of body tissue)

impotence

Question 6

Describe
Urinary tract infection

Answer 6

inflammation of the urinary epithelium (mucosa) usually caused by bacteria
(Escherichia coli ) from gut flora.

A UTI can occur anywhere along the urinary tract, including the urethra, prostate, bladder, ureter, or kidney (pyelonephritis)

Question 7

Describe
Respiratory tract infection

Answer 7

common cold, pharyngitis (sore throat), and laryngitis—involve only the upper airways

Infections of the lower respiratory tract occur most often in the very young and very old or those with impaired immunity.

Question 8

Describe

Upper respiratory tract infection in children

Answer 8

rhinorrhea (runny nose), sore throat, and low-grade fever for a few days and then develops a harsh (seal-like), barking cough, a hoarse voice, and inspiratory stridor

Keep the room humid/moist
-Severe cases can be treated with nebulized epinephrine, dexamethasone, and/or O2
-Very rare cases require intubation

Question 9

Describe
CNS infections

Answer 9

bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, and mycobacteria

enter the nervous system either by spreading through arterial blood vessels or by directly invading the nervous tissue from another site of infection

Meningitis
Encephalitis
West Nile virus (WNV)

Question 10

Neurologic infections produce disease by several mechanisms

Answer 10

direct neuronal or glial infection, mass lesion formation, inflammation with subsequent edema, interruption of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pathways, neuronal or vascular damage, and secretion of neurotoxins