12.2 Communicable Disease

Question 1

Common type of lower genital tract infection

Answer 1

Bacterial vaginosis (BV)
Candidiasis
Trichomoniasis vaginitis

Question 2

Common type of upper genital tract infection

Answer 2

Chlamydia vaginitis
Viral vaginitis
Noninfectious vaginitis

Question 3

Causative agent of BV

Answer 3

Gardnerella vaginalis

Question 4

Signs and symptoms of BV

Answer 4

Thin, grey-white to yellow discharge with fishy odor
Vulval irritation
Usurps
Pruritis

Question 5

Complication of BV

Answer 5

Increase suspectibiliy to HIV, other STD such as chlamydia or gonorrhoea
Second trimester miscarriage

Question 6

Signs and symptoms of candidiasis

Answer 6

Thick and cheese-like discharge
With no odor and normal pH
External dysuria, Dyspareunia

Question 7

Signs and symptoms of trichomoniasis

Answer 7

Frothy, yellow-green vaginal discharge with strong odor
Vulvar itching or burning
Dysuria, Dyspareunia

Vulval edema and erythema
strawberry cervix

Question 8

Type of vaginal discharge for lower genital tract infection

Answer 8

BV: Thin, grey-white to yellow discharge with fishy odor

Candidiasis: Think, cheese-like discharge with no odor

Trichomoniasis: Frothy yellow-green discharge with strong odor

Question 9

PID

Answer 9

Pelvic inflammatory disease

Question 10

Majority cause of PID

Answer 10

gonorrhea
Chlamydia

Question 11

Complication of PID

Answer 11

ectopic pregnancy
Infertility
Tubo-ovarian abscess
Peritonitis

Question 12

Cervical cancer caused by HPV __, __
Most common strains __, __

Answer 12

16, 18
6, 11

Question 13

Mastitis mostly occurs in __

Answer 13

First 3 months postpartum

Question 14

Cold/ hot compress for mastitis

Answer 14

Cold

Question 15

Mastitis: transfer of micro-organisms to the breast is by ___

Answer 15

Patient’s hand or from infant’s nose and throat

Question 16

Cause of milk stasis

Answer 16

Poor breast feeding technique (incomplete emptying, early days of postpartum)

Pressure from finger or clothing block duct