MENOPAUSE AND ESTROGEN
REPLACEMENT THERAPY EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the average age in which menopause occurs in women - ANS 51.4 years of age
what leads to pain during sexual intercourse in patients with menopause (dyspareunia) -
ANS loss of lubrication
what is the most common reason patients with menopause seek treatment - ANS vasomotor
a.k.a. hot flashes
occurs in 75 to 95% of women within 12 - 24 months after the last menstrual period
what hormone regulates metabolic processes (bone growth and cholesterol levels) -
ANS estrogen - binds to breast, uterus, bone, heart
what hormone is needed to maintain pregnancy - ANS progesterone
what treatment is indicated for moderate to severe menopause symptoms and osteoporosis
when other treatments have failed - ANS hormone replacement therapy: estrogen and
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progesterone therapy or estrogen replacement therapy
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, what hormone provides the following benefits:
Relieves genitourinary atrophy (if only symptom, may use vaginal product locally)
Relieves vasomotor instability
Osteoporosis - ANS estrogen
what hormone provides the following benefits:
Decreased risk of estrogen-induced irregular bleeding, endometrial hyperplasia, and carcinoma
Protection against breast carcinoma
Enhancement of estrogen prophylaxis of osteoporosis - ANS progesterone
what type of cancer is associated with long-term use of progestin and estrogen - ANS breast
cancer
what type of cancers associated with long-term use of unopposed estrogen therapy -
ANS endometrial cancer
what medication is recommended for all women with intact an uterus using estrogen -
ANS progesterone
what type of cancers associated with long-term (10 years or more) use of estrogen -
ANS ovarian cancer
what therapy for menopause is recommended in women without a uterus - ANS estrogen
replacement therapy
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REPLACEMENT THERAPY EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the average age in which menopause occurs in women - ANS 51.4 years of age
what leads to pain during sexual intercourse in patients with menopause (dyspareunia) -
ANS loss of lubrication
what is the most common reason patients with menopause seek treatment - ANS vasomotor
a.k.a. hot flashes
occurs in 75 to 95% of women within 12 - 24 months after the last menstrual period
what hormone regulates metabolic processes (bone growth and cholesterol levels) -
ANS estrogen - binds to breast, uterus, bone, heart
what hormone is needed to maintain pregnancy - ANS progesterone
what treatment is indicated for moderate to severe menopause symptoms and osteoporosis
when other treatments have failed - ANS hormone replacement therapy: estrogen and
1
progesterone therapy or estrogen replacement therapy
Page
@COPYRIGHT SIRJOEL 2025/2026
, what hormone provides the following benefits:
Relieves genitourinary atrophy (if only symptom, may use vaginal product locally)
Relieves vasomotor instability
Osteoporosis - ANS estrogen
what hormone provides the following benefits:
Decreased risk of estrogen-induced irregular bleeding, endometrial hyperplasia, and carcinoma
Protection against breast carcinoma
Enhancement of estrogen prophylaxis of osteoporosis - ANS progesterone
what type of cancer is associated with long-term use of progestin and estrogen - ANS breast
cancer
what type of cancers associated with long-term use of unopposed estrogen therapy -
ANS endometrial cancer
what medication is recommended for all women with intact an uterus using estrogen -
ANS progesterone
what type of cancers associated with long-term (10 years or more) use of estrogen -
ANS ovarian cancer
what therapy for menopause is recommended in women without a uterus - ANS estrogen
replacement therapy
2
Page
@COPYRIGHT SIRJOEL 2025/2026
