Female Issues Flashcards

1
Q

What are the 10 questions for females?

A
–  age
–  menstruation
–  Vaginal discharge
–  Menorrgiae (period last longer than 7 days)
–  Pregnancy and birth
–  Chest and abdomen
–  BM and urination
–  Previous diseases
–  Living condition and emotions –  cold/heat and sweat
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2
Q

_____ Qi controls and dominate the menstruation

A

Kidney

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3
Q

what is responsible for 1st menstruation and menopause

A

Tian Gui

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4
Q

what are the organs of menstruation

A

Kidney
Spleen
Stomach
Liver

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5
Q

what is tian gui

A

part of jing (prenatal)

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6
Q

what are the 2 causes of a short cycle 21 days

A
excess heat
qi deficiency ( can't hold and maintain it in the uterus so it keeps coming)
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7
Q

irregular menstration (sometimes comes early, sometimes comes late) is what organ

A

Liver

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8
Q

cramping and period pain before or at the beginning of period is excess or deficiency?

A

excess

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9
Q

dull aching pain after mensturation is excess or deficiency?

A

deficiency

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10
Q

what questions do we ask about vaginal discharge?

A
Presence or absence of vaginal discharge
•  Color of the discharge
•  Quantity of discharge
•  Whether the quality of the discharge is clear or opaque, thin or thick, turbid, or sticky
•  odor
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11
Q

abnormal vagincal discharge is associated with __________–

A

dampness

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12
Q

no vaginal discharge = _____________-

A

kidney deficiency

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13
Q

foul vaginal discharge odor

A

damp-heat

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14
Q

white vaginal discharge
-thin
0odorless
-opcious

A

deficiency cold syndrome

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15
Q

yellow vaginal discharge

  • foul odor
  • thick
  • large quantity
  • vaginal itching
A

damp-heat

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16
Q

green vaginal discharge

  • thick and sticky
  • foul odor
A

damp-heat

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17
Q

red color vaginal discharge

  • sl foul odor
  • thick
A

damp heat or liver fire injuring the collaterals

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18
Q

what are the 3 reasons for Precedded Menstrustion/ Short Cycles

A
  1. Excess heat
  2. Deficiency Heat
  3. Qi Deficiency
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19
Q

Short cycle

  • Profuse bleeding
  • bright red or dark red
  • clots, thick, and foul odor
A

excess heat

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20
Q

Short cycle

  • Scanty amount
  • red or slightly red
  • no clots
A
  1. Deficiency Heat
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21
Q

Short cycle

  • light red blood
  • thin and in large amount
A

Qi deficiency

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22
Q

What are the 4 reasons for delayed menstruation/long cycles

A
  1. excess cold
  2. deficiency cold
  3. qi stangation
  4. blood deficiency
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23
Q

Delayed menstruation

  • dark purple with clots
  • scanty amount
A

Excess cold

24
Q

Delayed menstruation

  • light color
  • no clots
  • scanty amount and thin
A

Deficiency cold

25
Q

Delayed menstrustion

-deep red with clots and scanty

A

Qi stagnation

26
Q

delayed menstrustion

  • scanty amount
  • light color and thin
  • not enough blood to start period
A

Blood deficiency

27
Q

Irregular Menstrustion- sometimes early sometimes late; unpredictable

  • profuse or scanty menses
  • purple with clots
  • lower abdominal distention radiating to hypochondriac and chest
A

liver qi stagnation

28
Q

Irregular Menstrustion- sometimes early sometimes late; unpredictable

  • scanty amount
  • light and thin
  • low back pain
A

Kidney deficiency

29
Q

What are the 2 causes of Irregular Menstrustion- sometimes early sometimes late; unpredictable

A
  1. liver qi stagnation

2. kidney deficiency

30
Q

What are the 3 causes of profuse bleeding?

A
  1. pathogenic heat
  2. Blood stagnation (stagnation makes then blood leave the vessel)
  3. qi deficiency (can’t hold the blood)
31
Q

Menses with a bright red or purple color, thick, profuse

A

excess pathogenic heat

32
Q

menses with a dark purple color and clots. profuse bleeding

A

blood stagn

33
Q

pale colored, thin, profuse

A

qi deficiency

34
Q

What are the 4 causes of a scanty period?

A
  1. blood deficiency
  2. kidney deficiency
  3. blood stagnation
  4. phlegm stagnation
35
Q
  • scanty flow
  • spotting
  • pale
  • no clots
  • thin
A

blood deficiency

36
Q
  • scanty flow
  • pale or dark red
  • thin
A

kidney deficiency

37
Q
  • scanty flow
  • dark purple color with clots
  • abdomincal cramps that aren’y helped by pressure
A

blood stangation

38
Q
  • scanty flow
  • pale color
  • thick and sticky
A

phlegm stangation

39
Q

What are the 5 potential causes of amenorrhea?

A
  1. qi and blood stagnation
  2. phlegm stagnation
  3. kidney insufficiency
    4, kidney and liver deficiency
  4. qi and blood stagnation
40
Q

amenorrhea

  • period suddenly stops
  • depression
  • lower ab pain resistant to pressure
A

qi and blood stag

41
Q

amenorrhea

  • usually occurs in obese
  • begins with scanty and usually goes to amenorrhea
A

phlegm stagnation

42
Q

amenorrhea

  • no period bu 18
  • other secondary sex characteristic underdeveoe
A

kidney insufficient

43
Q

amenorrhea

  • patient with chronic illness or multiple childbirths
  • dizziness
  • weak back and legs
  • hair loss
A

kidney and liver deficiency

44
Q

amenorrhea

  • delayed or scanty periods that gradually turn into no period
  • chronic bleeding or history of bloodloss
A

qi and blood deficiency

45
Q

what are the causes of dysmenorrhea?

A
  1. Liver Qi Stagnation
  2. Blood Stagnation
  3. Cold

Qi deficiency
Blood deficiency
Kidney and Liver yin deficiency

46
Q

white vaginal discharge
-thin
0odorless
-copious

A

deficiency cold

47
Q

yellow vaginal discharge

  • thick
  • foul odoor
  • large quantity
  • vaginal ithching
A

damp heat

48
Q

greenish vaginal discharge

  • thick and sticky
  • strong foul odor
A

damp heat

49
Q

red vaginal discharge

  • thick
  • sl foul odor
A

damp heat

liver fair injuring collaterals

50
Q

black vaginal discharge

-sl foul odor

A

remnants of red discharge

51
Q

what are teh causes of profuse vaginal discharge?

A

dampness

-spleen or kidney deficiency

52
Q

what is the cause of vaginal dryness

A

kidney deficiency

53
Q

what is the cause of very thin vaginal discharge

A

deficiency cold

54
Q

what is the cause of thick, turbid vaginal discharge

A

damp/damp-heat

55
Q

what is the cause of odor less vaginal discharge

A

normal, deficiency, or cold

56
Q

what is the cause of foul smelling vaginal discharge

A

damp-heat

57
Q

black vaginal discharge

-slight odor

A

remnants of red discharge