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Ch.41
Drugs used in men's and women's health
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Pharmacology
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04/16/2010

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Term
secretions from the vagina usually represent a normal__
Definition
physiologic process
Term
an excessive, abnormal, usually white vaginal discharge is known as____
Definition
leukorrhea
Term
Leukorrhea is not a ___but is a __
Definition
disease; symptom
Term
The most common cause of leukorrhea is an infection of the__
Definition
lower reproductive tract
Term
The most common organisms causing the infectious type of leukorrhea are___(3)
Definition
Candida albicans; Trichomonas vaginalis and Gardnerella vaginalis
Term
occasionally C.albicans infections of the mouth, Gi tract or vagina develop as a secondary infection during the use of___
Definition
broad spectrum antibiotics
Term
Pathogens that are most commonly transmitted during sexual contact are called__
Definition
STDs
Term
in diseases such as gonorrhea, syphilis,chlamydia,and genital herpes the primary mode of transmission is ____
Definition
sexual transmission
Term
In other diseases such as giardiasis, shigellosis, and hepatitis viruses another ___means of transmission exsits
Definition
nonsexual
Term
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES
Definition
Term
___&___ to some extent induce contraception by inhibiting ovulation
Definition
Estrogens & progestins
Term
The estrogens block pituitary release of __ preventing the ovaries from developing a follicle from which the ovum is released.
Definition
follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
Term
Progestins inhibit pituitary release of___ the hormone responsible for releasing an ovum from a follicle
Definition
luteinizing hormone (LH)
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