An 18 year old female is being seen in the office for lower abdominal pain and...
An 18 year old female is being seen in the office for lower abdominal pain and irregular menstrual bleeding. The physician wants to rule out PID and endometriosis. What are the sign and symptoms, and etiology of PID and endometriosis? What diagnostic test would the physician order? The physician also orders a CA125, what is this test used for?
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PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE (PID)
SIGN AND SYMPTOMS
LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN
HEAVY VAGINAL DISCHARGE WITH UNPLEASANT ODOUR
ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING ESPECIALLY DURING OF AFTER INTERCOURSE
BOWEL DISCOMFORT
FEVER, CHILLS ETC
ETIOLOGY
Chlamydia trachomatis , Neisseria gonorrhoea , Mycoplasma hominis , Actinomyces israellii.
DIAGNOSIS
Ultra sound .Laproscopic surgery
ENDOMETRIASIS
SIGN AND SYMPTOMS
DYSMENORRHEA
PAIN WITH INTERCOUSE
PAINFUL URINATION AND BOWEL MOVEMENT
IRREGULAR/HEAVY MENSTURATION
INFERTILITY
BLOODY URINE
LOW BACK PAIN
ETIOLOGY
Retrograde mensturation
Transformation of peritoneal cells
Immune system disorder
Endometrial cell transport
Surgical scar implantation
DIAGNOSIS
Medical imaging ,biopsy
CA125
CA125 test measure the amount of protein cancer antigen 125 present in the blood .this test is used to monitor certain cancers especially to monitor overian cancer
CA125( carcinoma antigen125) is a biochemical marker that may get elevated in some type of cancer.it get elevated during luteal phase and during mensturation.
elevated CA125 concentration during pid and endomrtriasis
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