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What are the organs of the female reporductive system
- Vagina
- Uterus
- Fallopian tubes
- Ovaries
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Cyclical hormonal changes prepares uterus monthly for a possible pregnancy
- Menarche-onset of menstration
- Menopause-Termiation of menstration
- Invloves the hypothalmus (GnRH), the anterior pituitary gland (FSH, LH) and the ovaries (estrogen and progestrogene)
- No Fertilization - corpus luteum ceases to secrete hormones 8-12 days after ovulation, endometrial lining sloughs
- Occurrence of fertilization, the hormone human chronionic villi of the placenta after implanatation of fertilized ovum (Preg diagnosed by blood or urine HCG)
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Diagnosix Procedure - Pelvic Examination
- Visual and manula assessment of reproductive organs
- useful for detecting via speculum
- 1-Unusual vaginal discharge or pelvic pain
- 2-Masses, growths or other abnormalities
- 3-Certain cancers in early stages
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What are Diagnositic Procedures
- Pelvic Exam
- Ultrasound
- laparoscopy
- coloposcopy
- hysteroscopy
- Mammography
- Blood or Urine Culuters
- DNA Testing
- Antibody testing
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Pelvic Exams are used to diagnosie
- inflammatoy diseaase
- uterine fibroid tumors
- Some Cancers
- Ectopic pregnancies
- menstraul disorders
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PID - Pelvic Inflamatory Disease
Refers to infection of the reporductive orgrans that casue symptoms such as lower abdominal pain
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Cause of PID
- Infectious Microorganisms
- Inflamation of specific reproductive orgrans
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Incidence of PID
- Can lead to infertility
- Can cause etopci pregnancies
- low yearly mortality rate
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Sypmtoms of PID
- Vague and often unrecognized
- 1-Primary PID - Lower abdominal Pain
- 2-Secondary PID -Fever, vaginal Discharge (possible foul ordor), Pain with intercourse and or urination, Irregular menstral bleeding
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