Female Reproductive System Flashcards
(31 cards)
What is catamenia
-also known as menses
-it is a menstrual discharge
The normal menstrual volume
-20-80ml
What is amenorrhea
-absence of menstruation
What is primary amenorrhea
-it is an absence of menstruation in female who has no menstruation before at the age of 14 without secondary sex character
-the age of 16 with secondary sex character
What is the difference between true and false amenorrhea
-true; no production of menses
-false; obstruction
What is secondary amenorrhea
-absence of menstruation in previously menstruating female
What is premature menopause
-presence of menopause before the age of 45
What is delayed menopause
-absence of menopause after the age of 55
What is menorrhagia
-it is a large volume of bleeding with long duration
What is menostaxia
-it is a large volume of bleeding with normal duration
What is hypermenorrhagia
-normal amount of bleeding with long duration
What is hypomenorrhea
-small amount of bleeding with short duration
What is heavy menstrual bleeding
-menorrhagia+menostaxia+hypermenorrhagia
What is metorrhagia (intermenstrual bleeding)
-irregular vaginal bleeding not related to menses
What is polymenorrhea
-frequent cycle
-less than 21 days
What is oligomenorrhea
-infrequent bleeding
-more than 35 days
What are the causes of abnormal uterine bleeding
-PALM-COEIN
-polyps
-adenomyosis
-leiomyoma
-malignancy
-coagulopathy
-ovulation
-endometrial
-iatrogenic
-not yet classified
Types of uterine bleeding
-withdrawal
-breakthrough
-threshold
What is the withdrawal bleeding
-sudden decline of hormone leading to its bleeding
What is the cause of estrogen and progestrone withdrawal
-combined contraceptive use
What is the cause of estrogen withdrawal
-metropathia hemorrhagicum
What is the breakthrough bleeding
-bleeding caused by the shedding of the superficial layer of endometrium as the result of non declining of hormone
What is the cause of estrogen and progestrone breakthrough
- combined contraceptive pills
What is the cause of progestrone breakthrough
-progesterone only contraceptive pills
