WOMENS HEALTH

Question 1

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF A FEMALE’S REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS.

Answer 1

UTERUS
FALLOPIAN TUBES
OVARIES

Question 2

WHAT ARE THE OVARIES ?

Answer 2

PAIR OF SMALL OVAL SHAPED ORGAN LOCATED EITHER SIDE OF THE UTERUS.

Question 3

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE OVARIES ?

Answer 3

PREPARE AND NURTURE EGGS FOR OVULATION.

PRODUCE OESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE.

Question 4

HOW MANY EGGS DO OVARIES CONTAIN AND ARE THEY MATURE OR IMMATURE?

Answer 4

MILLIONS OF IMMATURE EGGS.

Question 5

WHAT ARE THE FALLOPIAN TUBES

Answer 5

TWO TUBES ATTACHED TO THE UTERUS

Question 6

ROLE OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBES?

Answer 6

TRANSPORT SPERM TO THE OVUM FOR FERTILIZATION.

Question 7

WHAT ARE THE FALLOPIAN TUBES COVERED IN AND WHY DOES THIS HELP?

Answer 7

COVERED IN CILIA THAT HELPS TO MOVE THE OVUM FROM THE OVARY TO UTERUS.

Question 8

WHAT IS THE UTERUS?

Answer 8

A SMALL FIRM MUSCULAR ORGAN.

Question 9

WHAT IS THE UTERUS MADE UP OFF?

Answer 9

ENDOMETRIUM
MYOMETRIUM
PERIMETRIUM
UTERUS
CERVIX

Question 10

WHAT IS THE ENDOMETRIUM ?

Answer 10

MUCUS MEMBRANE LINING IN THE UTERUS

Question 11

WHAT IS THE MYOMETRIUM?

Answer 11

MUSCLE LAYER OF THE UTERUS

Question 12

WHAT IS THE PERIMETRIUM?

Answer 12

OUTER LAYER OF THE UTERUS

Question 13

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE UTERUS AND CERVIX?

Answer 13

CHANGES SHAPE AND PROPORTIONS OVER TIME

Question 14

MENSTRUAL PERIODS

Answer 14

THE STAGE OF A MENSTRUAL CYCLE DURING WHICH THE PERSON IS BLEEDING.

Question 15

AT WHAT AGE DO MENSTRUAL CYCLES USUALLY START?

Answer 15

10-15

Question 16

HOW LONG DO PERIODS LAST

Answer 16

UP TO 7 DAYS BUT CAN BE LESS OR MORE. DIFFERENT FOR EACH PERSON.

Question 17

WHAT CAN IMPACT MENSTRUAL PERIODS?

Answer 17

WEIGHT LOSS
MALNUTRITION
MEDICAL CONDITIONS
STRESS

Question 18

HORMONES OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE

WHAT HORMONES DOES THE PITUITARY GLAND PRODUCE?

Answer 18

LH & FSH

Question 19

HORMONES OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE

WHAT HORMONES DOES THE OVARIES PRODUCE?

Answer 19

ESTRADIOL (OESTROGEN)

PROGESTERONE

Question 20

WHAT IS ENDOMETRIOSIS ?

Answer 20

A CONDITION WHERE THE TISSUE SIMILAR TO THE LINING OF THE WOMB STARTS TO GROW IN OTHER PLACES SUCH AS THE OVARIES AND FALLOPIAN TUBES.

Question 21

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS?

Answer 21

ABDOMINAL PAIN/BACK PAIN

SEVERE PERIOD PAIN
IRREGULAR PAIN

PAIN DURING OR AFTER SEX

NAUSEA
CONSTIPATION
DIARRHOEA
HAEMATURIA

DIFFICULTY GETTING PREGNANT

Question 22

WHAT IS POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME (PCOS)?

Answer 22

HORMONAL DISORDER

Question 23

WHAT ARE THE 3 MAIN FEATURES OF PCOS

Answer 23

IRREGULAR PERIODS
EXCESS ANDROGEN
POLYCYSTIC OVARIES

Question 24

PCOS - WHY IRREGULAR PERIODS

Answer 24

OVARIES DO NOT REGULARLY RELEASE EGGS

Question 25

PCOS- WHY EXCESS ANDROGENS

Answer 25

HIGH LEVELS OF "MALE" HORMONES IN THE BODY

Question 26

PCOS - WHY POLYCYSTIC OVARIES

Answer 26

OVARIES BECOME ENLARGED AND CONTAIN MANY FLUID-FILLED SACS (FOLLICLES).

Question 27

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF PCOS

Answer 27

EXCESSIVE BODY HAIR GROWTH WEIGHT CHANGES AND TROUBLE LOSING WEIGHT OVARIAN CYSTS LOW SEX DRIVE IRREGULAR OR MISSED PERIODS MALE PATTERN BALDNESS/ THINNING OF HAIR HIGH TESTOSTERONE LEVELS INSULIN RESISTANCE FATIGUE ACNE MOOD CHANGES TROUBLE CONCEIVING OR INFERTILITY

Question 28

WHAT IS MENOPAUSE

Answer 28

THE PERMANENT CESSATION OF MENSES FOR 12 MONTHS RESULTING FROM OESTROGEN DEFICIENCY

Question 29

WHEN DOES MENOPAUSE USUALLY OCCUR ?

Answer 29

BETWEEN THE AGES OF 45-55

Question 30

WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE MENOPAUSE>

Answer 30

THE NUMBER OF FOLLICLES REDUCES WHICH REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF OESTROGEN PRODUCED.

Question 31

SYMPTOMS OF MENOPAUSE

Answer 31

HOT FLUSHES NIGHT SWEATS DIFFICULTY SLEEPING ANXIETY / LOW MOOD MEMORY OR CONCENTRATION PROBLEMS OSTEOPOROSIS

Question 32

FEMALE CANCERS BREAST CANCERS WHAT IS BREAST CANCER?

Answer 32

A NEW LUMP OR THICKENING IN THE BREAST OR ARMPIT.

Question 33

WHAT SHOULD I BE LOOKING FOR WITH BREAST CANCER?

Answer 33

A CHANGE IN SIZE, SHAPE OR FEEL OF THE BREAST. SKIN CHANGES IN THE BREAST SUCH AS DIMPLING, RASH OR REDNESS OR SKIN. FLUID LEAKING FROM THE NIPPLE IN A WOMAN WHO IS NOT PREGNANCY OR CHEST FEEDING.

Question 34

FEMALE CANCERS WHAT IS CERVICAL CANCER ?

Answer 34

COMMON CANCER THAT DEVELOPS ON THE CERVIX

Question 35

WHAT IS CERVICAL CANCER CAUSED BY

Answer 35

USUALLY CAUSED BY ABNORMAL CELL/ THE HUMAN papillomavirus (HPV).

Question 36

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CERVICAL CANCER

Answer 36

UNUSUAL VAGINAL BLEEDING PAIN OR DISCOMFORT DURING SEX VAGINAL DISCHARGE PELVIC PAIN

Question 37

FEMALE CANCERS WHAT IS OVARIAN CANCER

Answer 37

TYPE CANCER THAT STARTS IN THE OVARIES

Question 38

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF OVARIAN CANCER?

Answer 38

FEELING FULL QUICKLY LOSS OF APPETITE ABDOMINAL PAIN DISTENDED ABDOMEN /BLOATING FREQUENT URINATION

Question 39

CANCER TREATMENTS

Answer 39

CHEMOTHERAPY RADIOTHERAPY

Question 40

WHAT IS CHEMOTHERAPY?

Answer 40

A TYPE OF ANTICANCER DRUG TREATMENT THAT KILL CANCER CELLS.

Question 41

HOW DOES CHEMOTHERAPY WORK?

Answer 41

WORK THROUGHOUT THE BODY AND ARE CALLED SYSTEMIC TREATMENT

Question 42

WHAT IS RADIOTHERAPY

Answer 42

TYPE OF IONISING RADIATION (HIGH ENERGY) THAT DESTROYS CANCER CELLS IN THE TREATED AREA BY DAMAGING THE DNA of these cells.

Question 43

side effects of cancer treatments

Answer 43

fatigue nausea and vomiting infection risk anaemia bruising and bleeding hair loss skin damage to treatment area