Week 5: Reproductive Health Flashcards
What is vulvovaginal candidiasis?
- Caused by candida fungi with most infections resulting from c.albicans
What are the risk factors of vulvovaginal candidiasis?
- Diabetes mellitus, HIV
- Antibiotics, corticosteroids, antineoplastic
- Increased estrogen levels
- Contraceptive device use
What are the signs and symptoms vulvovaginal candidiasis?
- Increased pH would indicate an infection that can’t be self-treated
- Absence of a malodor
- Thick, white cottage cheese
- Vaginal erythema, ittitation itching
How do you prevent vulvovaginal candidiasis?
- Shower
- Dry
- Wear cotton undergarments
- Avoid tight fitting clothes
- Avoid douching and bubble baths
- Don’t disturb vaginal pH
- Unscented feminine products
- Eat yogurt
- Decrease sugar
What are OTC antifungals for VVC?
- Clotrimazole
- Miconazole
- Tioconazole
Describe miconazole products?
- Prefilled applicators, itch cream, and combination packs
- 1 day Miconazole nitrate (1200mg)
- 3-day MN (200mg)
- 7 day MN (100mg)
What are example miconazole products?
Vagisil and Monistat
What are example clotrimazole products?
Vaginal cream and Gyne-Lotrimin
What are example Tioconazole products?
Vagistat and 1 dose treatments
How do you counsel a patient using Antifungals for VVC?
- No tampons, douching, spermicides, or vaginal products
- No vaginal intercourse
- Refer to MD if symptoms last for 3-7 days
- Adults and children over 12
When do you refer for VVC?
- No prior VVC infection
- Girls less than 12
- Pregnancy
- First episode (more than 3 times per year, 1 in past 2 months)
What symptoms need to present to refer a patient with VVC?
- Dysuria
- Soreness
- Dyspareunia
- Fever
- Pain in pelvic area
What is tropic vaginotis?
Post menopausal estrogen decline leading to decreased vaginal lubrication
What are the symptoms of atropic vaginitis?
- Dryness
- Burning
- Itching
- Dyspareunia
What are the risk factors of atropic vaginitis?
- Menopause
- Decreased ovarian functioning
- Radiation therapy
- Chemo
- Immune disorder
- Postpartum
- Elevated prolactin
- Antiestrogens
- Estrogen deficiency
- Smoking
What are the types of treatment for atropic vaginitis?
Short term: intercourse
Long term: genital comfort
Personal lubricant
What are the types of personal lubricants?
- Warming liquid
- Astroglide
- Replens
- Vagisil moisturizer
- Vagi-gard
How do you use a long lasting product for atropic vaginitis?
Use one application every 3 days or as needs for day-to-day comfort and moisture
Why is douching bad?
- No biological need
- Vagina is self-cleaning
- Alters pH and predispose to infection or microbial flora imbalance
Why do people douche?
Post intercourse or mentration comfort
Odor control
Douching product?
Summer’s eve
What is menopause?
The cessation of menstrual cycles
What are the symptoms of menopause?
- Hot flashes
- Stress and anxiety
3/ Insomnia - Emotional turbulences
- Headaches
- Palpitations
- Brain fog
8/ Vaginal itchiness and dryness