A 20-year-old female presents with pelvic and back pain severe enough to miss work. She reports that the pain occurs with the onset of menses. Physical examination fails to find pelvic pathology. The most likely cause of her condition is:
a. lack of oestrogen.
b. stress.
c. elevated prostaglandins.
d. poor nutrition.
Answer: C
Reproductive
- Common adverse reactions to administered oestrogens include:
- Anti-oestrogens are indicated in the treatment of:
- A semisynthetic oestrogen is:
- Physiological actions of oestrogen do not include:
- Oestrogens are primarily secreted by the:
- Which reversible contraceptive method used long term alters the uterine environment and inhibits ovulation and nidation?
- The contraceptive method with the lowest failure rate is:
- If a female is unable to conceive despite ovulation being normal, a possible cause of infertility could be:
- Which of the following drugs is not indicated in the treatment of male infertility?
- Controlled ovarian stimulation in infertile females is undertaken using which of the following sequences of drugs?
- One of the defense mechanisms in place in the organs/tissues of the reproductive tract that prevent microbial infection includes
- Infections of the reproductive tract resulting from the introduction of microorganisms through a medical procedure are called
- Vaginal infections that are resulting from an overgrowth of normal flora are called
- The drug most often used in fighting protozoan infections of the reproductive system is
- A vaginal yeast infection is typically caused by
- Measures that can be taken to prevent bacterial vaginitis include
- Symptoms of prostatitis include
- The organism that is responsible for the vast majority of cases of fungal vaginitis is
- Factors that can increase the chances of vaginitis are
- Methods typically used to diagnose bacterial infections of the reproductive system include
- The normal flora present in the healthy male reproductive system is best characterized as
- The most common bacterial nonsexually transmitted infection of the male reproductive system is
- Bacteria that have been identified as frequently responsible for nonsexually transmitted infections of the reproductive system include
- Bacteria that have been identified as frequently responsible for nonsexually transmitted infections of the reproductive system include
- Bacterial infections of the female reproductive system include