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L6 7 - REPRO RESPI Disorders
L6 7 - REPRO RESPI Disorders
L6 7 - REPRO RESPI Disorders
❑ Nutritious foods, high in fiber ❑ Exercise; adequate rest, sleep, and relaxation
❑ Inability to conceive after 1 year of sexual ❑ Vaginal suppositories, ointments, and creams;
intercourse without birth control organism-specific
(Clinical manifestations/assessment)
(Clinical manifestations/assessment)
Endometriosis
(Etiology/pathophysiology)
❑ Congenital
❑ Childbirth
Backward displacement
Uterine prolapse
Etiology/pathophysiology
Clinical manifestations/assessment
Cystocele Etiology/pathophysiology
❑ Urinary urgency, frequency, and incontinence; ❑ Benign tumors that arise from dermoid cells of
pelvic pressure the ovary
Etiology/pathophysiology
Clinical manifestations/assessment
High risk
❑ Antibiotics
❑ Digital massage of the prostate
❑ Sitz baths
L6 Care of the Patient with Reproductive & Respiratory Disorder
Phimosis
• Phimosis results when the foreskin over the
glans penis is too small and cannot be retracted.
• It can cause a localized infection
Etiology/pathophysiology
❑ Prepuce is too small to allow retraction of the
foreskin over the glans
❑ Usually congenital; may be due to inflammation
or disease
Clinical manifestations/assessment
❑ Infection of foreskin and glans penis
❑ Occasionally causes obstruction of urine flow
Epididymitis Medical management/nursing interventions
❑ Circumcision
• Epididymitis is a commonly occurring infection of
the male reproductive tract. Common causative
organisms include Escherichia coli,
Streptococcus, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Etiology/pathophysiology
Clinical manifestations/assessment
Paraphimosis
❑ Scrotal pain and edema
• Etiology and pathophysiology
❑ Pyuria; chills and fever
o An edematous condition of the retracted
Medical management/nursing interventions uncircumcised foreskin preventing a
normal return over the glans
❑ Bed rest
• Medical management/nursing interventions
❑ Elevate scrotum; cold compresses
o Warm compresses
❑ Antibiotics
o Circumcision
Hydrocele
• Etiology/pathophysiology
o Accumulation of fluid between the
membranes of the testes
• Clinical manifestations/assessment
o Enlargement of the scrotum; pain
• Medical management/nursing interventions
L6 Care of the Patient with Reproductive & Respiratory Disorder
Trichomoniasis – “ Trich”
• Etiology/pathophysiology
o T. vaginalis protozoan
o Usually sexually transmitted but could
be transmitted with contaminated
Gonorrhea douche nozzle, douche container or
• Etiology/pathophysiology washcloth,
o N. gonorrhoeae • Clinical manifestations/assessment
o Transmitted by sexual contact o Most are asymptomatic
L6 Care of the Patient with Reproductive & Respiratory Disorder
AIRWAY
Chest diameters- with chronic obstructive lung disease, Vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia: common 1st signs of illness
children may be unable to exhale completely thus in children.
allowing air to be trapped in lung alveoli (hyperinflation)- • Watch for dehydration
pigeon chest
• Tachycardia: compensatory for any distress.
• ‘respiratory distress’ (clinical manifestation) vs
‘respiratory distress syndrome’ (a diagnosis)
Laboratory Test
• Asthma
• Croup
• Bronchiolitis
• Epiglotitis
• Foreign bodies
• Awake/Crying
• It child improves
o Nose/Pharynx
• If child deteriorates
o Larynx