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7 Cards in this Set
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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
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- Cervical Motion Tenderness
- Purulent discharge - Associated with ectopic pregnancy and infertility - Includes endometritis, salpingitis, tuboovarian abscess, and peritonitis - It is a polymicrobial infection that is primarily assoc. with Gonorrhea or Chlamidia, but also Bacteroides, E. Coli, and Strept. |
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Trichomonas vaginitis
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- Yellow-green, bubbly discharge
- "Strawberry patches" and petechiae - Motile, flagellated organisms, pear-shaped, often with many WBC's on wet mount - Metronidazole for patient AND partner |
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Syphilis (Primary)
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- Painless ulcer with rolled edges and punched-out base called a CHANCRE appears approx. 3 weeks after exposure, and heals 6-9 weeks later
- Penicillin - Caused by the spirochete TREPONEMA PALLIDUM - Enters the body through tiny abrasions in the skin, multiplies locally, and then spreads systemically |
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Syphilis (secondary)
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- As the untreated Chancre heals, this begins
- Involves CONDYLOMA LATA (flat, coalescing papules containing spirochetes) on moist areas of the skin, generalized rubbery lymphadenopathy, a maculopapular rash on PALMS AND SOLES, and constitutional symptoms (malaise, HA, anorexia) - These symptoms last for 3-12 wks. |
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Syphilis (Tertiary)
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- Only 20-30% of the untreated will develope this
- Manifestations include GUMMATOUS SYPHILIS (granulomatous reactions in any tissure of the body) or cardiovascular problems (end-arteritis of the vasa vasorum leading to injury of the large arteries and occationally resulting in dilation of the aortic root with aortic insufficiency) |
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Neurosyphilis
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- meningitis, cerebral atrophy caused by spirochetes in the parenchyma; and tabes dorsalis, which involves damage to the posterior colums causing multiple impairments and general paresis
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Venereal warts
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- AKA Condyloma Acuminata
- HPV (6, 11) - Not associated with cervical or penile cancer - Lesions appear on the external genitalia, perieum, anus, or cervix and may be small and discrete or large and cauliflower-like - Tx- Trichloroacetic acid, laser ablation |
