Menopause and Estrogen Replacement Therapy Study Test.

Menopause and Estrogen Replacement Therapy Study Test. 1. what is the average age in which menopause occurs in women 2. what leads to pain during sex- ual intercourse in patients with menopause (dyspareunia) 3. what is the most common rea- son patients with menopause seek treatment 4. what hormone regulates metabolic processes (bone growth and cholesterol levels) 5. what hormone is needed to maintain pregnancy 6. what treatment is indicat- ed for moderate to severe menopause symptoms and os- teoporosis when other treat- ments have failed 7. what hormone provides the following benefits: Relieves genitourinary atrophy (if only symptom, may use vaginal product locally) 51.4 years of age loss of lubrication vasomotor a.k.a. hot flashes occurs in 75 to 95% of women within 12 - 24 months after the last menstrual period estrogen - binds to breast, uterus, bone, heart progesterone hormone replacement therapy: estrogen and progesterone therapy or estrogen replacement therapy estrogen Relieves vasomotor instability Osteoporosis 8. what hormone provides the following benefits: Decreased risk of estrogen-in- duced irregular bleeding, en- dometrial hyperplasia, and carcinoma Protection against breast carci- noma Enhancement of estrogen pro- phylaxis of osteoporosis progesterone 9. what type of cancer is associat- breast cancer ed with long-term use of prog- estin and estrogen 10. what type of cancers associat- ed with long-term use of unop- posed estrogen therapy 11. what medication is recom- mended for all women with in- tact an uterus using estrogen 12. what type of cancers associat- ed with long-term (10 years or more) use of estrogen endometrial cancer progesterone ovarian cancer 13. estrogen replacement therapy