Week 5 Sexuality Flashcards
Which of the following is considered a significant barrier to health care for LGBTQ patients?
Clinician knowledge Significant barriers to health care for LGBTQ patients include financial barriers, lack of insurance, historical trauma, lack of clinician knowledge, and restrictive healthcare systems, infrastructure, and policies (Schuiling & Likis).
What should the NP take into consideration regarding health risks for LGBTQ patients when compared to non-LGBTQ patients?
Dosage amounts of estrogen in hormone therapy and oral contraceptives vary between the two. The amount and type of estrogen available in hormone therapy and oral contraceptives are not the same. Substance abuse is higher in the LGBTQ population. Further studies are needed to understand the rates of PCOS in transgender men. Puberty significantly alters the hormone options for transgender children (Schuiling & Likis; Module 5.6).
What HPV types cause most genital pre-cancers and cancers?
16 & 18
At what age does ACIP recommend routine HPV vaccination for adolescents?
Age 11 or 12: two doses scheduled (at 0 and 6–12 months; two doses at least 6 months apart)
What HPV types cause most genital warts?
HPV 6 and 11 (low-risk, non-oncogenic) cause 90% of genital warts
How are genital warts diagnosed?
Visual inspection usually sufficient to diagnose
What are some risk factors associated with acquiring HPV and cervical cancer? #6
- Sexual activity at early age,
- Multiple sexual partners,
- High-risk sexual practices,
- Smoking,
- Lower socioeconomic status,
- Weakened immune system
What options are recommended to screen women age 30 and older for cervical cancer?
Cytology (Pap) alone every three years, Cytology (Pap) and HPV test (co-testing) every five years
At what ages should cervical cancer screening begin and end?
Routine screening should begin at age 21 and continue through age 65 years to prevent invasive cervical cancer.
How often should women ages 21–29 be screened for cervical cancer?
Cytology (Pap) alone every three years recommended for routine screening (HPV testing should not be used to screen as a co-test and used only as a reflex test if cytology (Pap) is ASC-US)
High risk types of HPV
16 and 18
What are the low risk strands of HPV
6 and 11
associated with genital warts
What type of cancer does HPV 16 cause
squamous cell cervical cancer
what type of cancer does HPV 18 cause?
Adenocarcinoma
“Glandular cells”
What makes individuals higher risk for HPV infection?
- Immunosuppression (HIV)
- high parity =3+
- smoking
- long term use OCP (normal risk after off 10 years)
- nutrition (low vit c and folate)
- sex at early age (immature cells)
- multiple partners
Diethylstilbestrol (DES)
risk factor for non HPV cervical cancer
daughters of women who took DES are 40x more likely to develop clear cell adenocarcinoma of cervix and vagina
What is clear cell adenocarcinoma of cervix?
rare neoplasm of all cervical adenocarcinomas
Does IUD increase risk of cervical cancer?
No, reduced risk
“may mobilize immune system with chronic low grade inflammation”
What is the biggest risk factor for cervial cancer?
persistent HPV infection
leads to cervical dysplasia/precancer
especially over 10 years
When will most people clear HPV
after 1 to 2 years
not lifelong
What does the squamous epithelium cover?
vagina and outside of cervix
what does the columnar epithelium cover?
brighter red in color
covers inner cervix and endometrial canal
____ females and during ______ more columnar epithelium is exposed on surface of cervix and sometimes calls ________ or eversion
YOUNGER females and during PREGNANCY more columnar epithelium is exposed on the surface of the cervix and sometimes called CERVICAL ECTOPY or eversion
with advancing age the _____ cells are replaced by _______: this is called ________
with advancing age the Columnar Epithelium cells are replaced by Squamous Cells: this is called Metaplasia and the SCJ migrates up towards the cervical OS and into cervical canal
What is the Transformation Zone?
Area of actively maturing epithelium
Where metaplasia occurs
Most common place on the cervix for abnormal cells to develop
When to start cervical screening
ACOG =
USPSTF =
ACS =
ACOG = 21
USPSTF = 21
ACS = 25
What are general cervical screening recommendations and type of screening
<21 years
21 - 29 years
30+ years
<21 years = No screening
21 - 29 = Cervical Cytology Q 3 years
30+ years =
- Cervical cytology Q 3 years OR
- Co-Testing: Cervical cytology and high=risk HPV Q 5 years OR
- HPV alone testing Q 5 years
Cervical cancer screening recommendations for someone over 65 years
not recommended
3 consecutive negative pap tests in a row
OR
2 negative HPV co test results in a row in past 10 years with most recent in past 5 years