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| What are the 6 most common symptoms of PMS? What ties these symptoms together and makes it PMS? |
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Definition
-mood swings, tender breasts, food cravings, fatigue, irritability, and depression
-they only affect the pt in the days just before her monthly period |
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| Which antidepressant is marketed as short term tx for PMS? |
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| What makes PMDD different from PMS? |
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Definition
| they are more severe and debilitating |
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| What is the cause of primary dysmenorrhea |
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Definition
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| What are 4 causes of secondary dysmenorrhea? |
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Definition
-endometriosis
-fibroid tumors
-PID
-adhesions from previous surgeries or infections |
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| What is endometriosis? What is the only way to definitively diagnose it? |
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Definition
-endometrium-like glands and stroma outside the uterus
-laparoscopy and biopsy of the tissue |
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| What are two signs seen on laproscopy that point towards ednometriosis? |
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Definition
powder burn markings
endometriosis |
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Term
| endometriosis is ________-dependent |
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Definition
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| endometriosis has a prevalence rate of 20-50% in ______ women and as high as 80% in women with ________ pelvic pain |
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