The Patient Complains to the Nurse About a Sharp Pain

question 20

Multiple Choice

The patient complains to the nurse about a sharp pain in the lower quadrants every month at midcycle that lasts for several hours.The nurse clarifies that this phenomenon is related to:

• A)the stretching of the round ligaments supporting the uterus.
• B)Mittelschmerz, a pain associated with ovulation.
• C)the premenstrual uterine enlargement.
• D)endometrial changes.

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