infection • Voiding • Perineal care • Stool softener • Pain management • Teaching Ovarian Cysts (Benign Ovarian Tumors) • May be enlargements of ovarian constituents‚ follicle‚ corpus luteum‚ or normal growth of the epithelium • 98% occur in women under 30 • > age 50 - only 50% of cysts are benign • Symptoms - acute or chronic abdominal pain;urinary frequency; feeling of fullness; ruptured cyst may mimic an acute abdomen – Often asymptomatic if small •
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Persuasive Speech Title: Breast and Ovarian Cancer Purpose Statement: This speech has a primary goal of educating the audience and to give a better understanding of what breast cancer is and how it can be treated with detection by a vast variety of methods. It will also give better understanding that not only women but men also are susceptible to breast cancer. Introduction I. Attention: There are a number of researches done about breast and ovarian cancer. Breast cancer is the second largest
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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome PCOS is the short form of polycystic ovarian syndrome which is quite common among teenagers and the young women. Formation of a large number of cysts (cluster of pearl-sized cysts filled with fluid contain immature eggs) in the ovaries (a part of women reproductive system) is so called PCOS. In the recent survey it has been found that out of 1 in 10 women is found with PCOS. It is a hormonal disorder that causes uncountable problems. The exact cause of PCOS is unknown
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None. PROCEDURES: Vaginal hysterectomy and excision of sebaceous cyst of vulva. COMPLICATIONS: None. ADMITTING DIAGNOSIS: Pelvic pain. Patient is a 32-year-old white female‚ gravada 2‚ para 1‚ ab 1. Her only child was born in 1994. Patient presented with pelvic pain and underwent GYN work up. Exam was unremarkable except for a modern degree of uterine prolapsed and tenderness. Patient also had a 1 cm sebaceous cyst of the right labium. Her preoperative hemoglobin was 13.9 g% and a urinalysis
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scan with contrast of the pelvis shows the following lesion (identified by arrows): [1A] What is the most likely diagnosis in this patient? A. Brenner tumor B. Carcinoid tumor C. Endometrial adenocarcinoma D. Krukenberg tumor E. Polycystic ovarian syndrome Choice “D” is the best answer. A Krukenberg tumor is a tumor of
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percent. For ovarian cancer a BRCA mutation means that a woman goes from a 1.4 percent risk to a 40-60 percent jump. What are BCRA1 and BCRA 2 mutations? The term BRCA itself stands for breast cancer susceptibility. BRCA1 and BRCA2 belong to a class of human genes that suppress tumors. If these genes mutate‚ then one is considered as having a hereditary risk of breast and ovarian cancer. The BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation means that a woman has an increased risk of breast and/or ovarian cancer before
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POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME (1) Etiology Women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) have abnormalities in the metabolism of androgens and estrogen and in the control of androgen production. High serum concentrations of androgenic hormones‚ such as testosterone‚ androstenedione‚ and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S)‚ may be encountered in these patients. However‚ individual variation is considerable‚ and a particular patient might have normal androgen levels. PCOS is also associated with
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The diagnosis of polycystic ovarian syndrome is actually based on the combination of ultrasound‚ biochemical and clinical view. There a number of signs and symptoms to give a better diagnosis of polycystic ovarian syndrome. Normally‚ women suffering from oligomenorrhea are mostly likely to get this syndrome with any one of the clinical features such as polycystic ovaries‚ hyperandrogenism‚ and irregular menstrual cycle. For those who is having ‘polycystic ovaries’ will show signs like enlarged
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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome‚ or PCOS‚ is the most common endocrine disorder in females. Five to ten percent of women at childbearing age have polycystic ovarian syndrome. However‚ less than fifty percent of women are diagnosed (PCOS Foundation Web). Although scientists do not know much about PCOS‚ they do know that it is caused by irregular hormones. Therefore‚ it is also believed to be genetically spread (WebMD Web). According to the PCOS Foundation‚ “If a mother has PCOS‚ there is a fifty percent
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Hormone Replacement Therapy Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly. 1. Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) You correctly answered: d. stimulates ovarian follicle development. 2. Estrogen You correctly answered: d. is produced by developing ovarian follicles. 3. Calcitonin You correctly answered: b. works against the development of osteoporosis. 4. Which of the following statements is true? You correctly answered: c. The ovaries stop secreting
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