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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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-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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they are more severe and debilitating |
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What is the cause of primary dysmenorrhea |
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What are 4 causes of secondary dysmenorrhea? |
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-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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-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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powder burn markings endometriosis |
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endometriosis is ________-dependent |
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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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