NUR 228 - Exam 5 Questions with Correct Answers 100% Pass
When should women start getting mammograms? - Answers age 45
Medical term for breast pain? - Answers mastalgia
-coincide with a woman's menstrual cycle
-bilateral breast tenderness or heaviness
-lasts around 2-3 day times frame - Answers cyclic mastalgia
Treatment for mastalgia? - Answers NSAIDs or vitamin E (can help with breast discomfort/pain)
-caused by increased estrogen sensitivity
-well-delineated, very mobile
-solid, firm, rubbery - Answers fibroadenoma
discharge from the nipples - Answers galactorrhea
-can be in either ducts or lobules
-cells are growing bigger
-associated with increased cancer risk
-excisional biopsy or lumpectomy - Answers atypical hyperplasia
-benign, soft or hard growth
-unilateral (on one breast)
-nipple has blood discharge
-difficult to palpate (due to most being under the areola) - Answers intraductal papilloma
-disease of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women
-involves several ducts; can be bilateral
-nipple discharge
-initially painless
-progression to burning, itching, pain, swelling
-NOT associated with cancer - Answers ductal ectasia
, -transient, noninflammatory enlargement of 1 or both breasts
-usually temporary and benign
-NOT a risk factor for cancer
-Hormone influenced
-can be a side effect of medication or accompanied by another disease - Answers Male Gynecomastia
-Age >50
-Alcohol
-Benign breast disease with atypical epithelial hyperplasia, lobular carcinoma in situ
-early menarche (<12)
-late menopause (>55)
-radiation exposure
-family history
-female
-first pregnancy after 30
-Genetic factors
-Hormone use
-long-term, heavy smoking
-personal history
-physical inactivity
-Wt. gain and obesity after menopause - Answers Breast Cancer Risk Factors
-rare breast cancer
-begins in ducts and spreads to nipple and areola
-itching, burning, bloody nipple discharge
-superficial skin erosion and ulceration
-surgical removal of the involved tissue - Answers Paget's disease
When should women start getting mammograms? - Answers age 45
Medical term for breast pain? - Answers mastalgia
-coincide with a woman's menstrual cycle
-bilateral breast tenderness or heaviness
-lasts around 2-3 day times frame - Answers cyclic mastalgia
Treatment for mastalgia? - Answers NSAIDs or vitamin E (can help with breast discomfort/pain)
-caused by increased estrogen sensitivity
-well-delineated, very mobile
-solid, firm, rubbery - Answers fibroadenoma
discharge from the nipples - Answers galactorrhea
-can be in either ducts or lobules
-cells are growing bigger
-associated with increased cancer risk
-excisional biopsy or lumpectomy - Answers atypical hyperplasia
-benign, soft or hard growth
-unilateral (on one breast)
-nipple has blood discharge
-difficult to palpate (due to most being under the areola) - Answers intraductal papilloma
-disease of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women
-involves several ducts; can be bilateral
-nipple discharge
-initially painless
-progression to burning, itching, pain, swelling
-NOT associated with cancer - Answers ductal ectasia
, -transient, noninflammatory enlargement of 1 or both breasts
-usually temporary and benign
-NOT a risk factor for cancer
-Hormone influenced
-can be a side effect of medication or accompanied by another disease - Answers Male Gynecomastia
-Age >50
-Alcohol
-Benign breast disease with atypical epithelial hyperplasia, lobular carcinoma in situ
-early menarche (<12)
-late menopause (>55)
-radiation exposure
-family history
-female
-first pregnancy after 30
-Genetic factors
-Hormone use
-long-term, heavy smoking
-personal history
-physical inactivity
-Wt. gain and obesity after menopause - Answers Breast Cancer Risk Factors
-rare breast cancer
-begins in ducts and spreads to nipple and areola
-itching, burning, bloody nipple discharge
-superficial skin erosion and ulceration
-surgical removal of the involved tissue - Answers Paget's disease
