Module I1

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Atrophic Vaginitis

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Degeneration of the vaginal mucous membrane after menopause

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Biological Rhythms

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Recurrence of certain biological phenomenon such as the respiratory cycle, the sleep cycle, or the menstrual cycle

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Body Image

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A person’s concept of his or her physical appearance

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Caregiver

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One who contributes the benefits of medical, social, economic, or environmental resources to a dependant or particularly dependant individual, such as a critically ill person

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Climacteric

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Referring to the period of the female climacteric. Includes changes that occur in premenopause, menpause, and postmenopausal years. Menses stop naturally with the decline of cyclic hormonal production and the function usually between 45 and 55 years of age but may stop earlier in life as a result of illness or surgical removal of the uterus or both ovaries. Both physical and psychological changes are part of this process

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Cystocele

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A herniation or protrusion of the urinary bladder through the wall of the vagina

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Developmental Crisis

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Severe, usually transient, stress that occurs when a person is unable to complete the tasks of a psychosocial stage of development and is therefore unable to move on to the next stage

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Dowager’s Hump

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An abnormal backward curvature of the cervical spine that afflicts some older women as a result of compression fractures of osteoporosis

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Erectile Dysfunction (ED)(Impotence)

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Inability of adult male to achieve penile erection

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Generation Gap

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Conflict between parents and adolescents; values and expectations differ from offspring

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Generativity

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Concerns about providing for others that is equal to the concern of providing for self

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Grandparent

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A parent of one’s mother or father

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HRT

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Hormone Replacement Therapy; The administration of estrogen and progestin hormones following menopause or hysterectomy or in amenorrhea.

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Male climacteric

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Also known as male menopause. A late middle-age psychogenic condition affecting some men, who experience anxiety over diminished potency, increased fatigue, thinning and gray hair, and other signs of aging.

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Maturity

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Being fully developed as a person. Not a quality of life reached at any one age or for all time

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Menopause

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Strictly, the cessation of menses, but commonly referring to the period of the female climacteric. Menses stop naturally with the decline of cyclic hormonal production and function usually between 45 and 55 years of age but may stop earlier in life as a result of illness or surgical removal of the uterus or both ovaries.

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Mentor

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An older, trusted adviser or counselor who offers helpful guidance to younger colleagues

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Middle Age

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And individual in the transitional age span between young adult and elderly, approximately 45 to 65 years f age, who psychological task, according to Erikson, is generativity versus stagnation.

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Midlife Crisis

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Major turning point in one’s life, involving changes in commitments to career or spouse and children and accompanied by significant ongoing emotional turmoil for both individuals and others

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Perimenopause

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A span of 4 to 6 years preceding menopause when menstrual cycle and blood flow may be irregular. As estrogen levels decline, osteoporosis begins to develop and depressive symptoms may occur

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Presbyopia

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A hyperopic shift to farsightedness resulting from a loss of elasticity of the lens of the eye. The condition usually develops with advancing age.

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Rectocele

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Protrusion of the rectum and posterior wall of the vagina into the vagina. The condition, which occurs after the muscles of the vagina and pelvic floor have been weakened by childbearing, old age, or surgery, may reflect a congenital weakness in the wall and may, if severe, result in dyspareunia and difficulty in evacuating the bowel.

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Sandwich Generation

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Descriptive term indicating the middle adult is literally in the middle between children and parents, two generations with many demands

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Self Concept

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The composite of ideas, feelings, and attitudes that a person has about his or her own identity, worth, capabilities, and limitations

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Selective estrogen receptor modulators(SERMs)

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A group of drugs that stimulate estrogen receptors in some tissues without the negative effects of estrogen. They increase bone density and improve LDL cholesterol. Drugs are Fosamax, Evista

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Somatoform Disorders (psychphysiological illness)

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Any group of disorders, characterized by symptoms suggesting physical illness or disease, for which there are no demonstrable organic causes or physiological dysfunctions. Primary Gain, Secondary Gain, Conversion, Hypochondriasis, Somatization

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Stagnation

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Self-absorption, regardless to adolescents or younger behavior characterized by physical and psychological in validism. Hates aging body.

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Uterine Displacement

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Uterus falls, ligaments are stretched

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Widow

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A woman whose husband had died and who has not remarried

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Widower

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A man whose wife has died and who has not remarried