The Nurse Outlines the Characteristics of Primary or Secondary Dysmenorrhea

question 28

Multiple Choice

The nurse outlines the characteristics of primary or secondary dysmenorrhea to help the patient understand her condition.Match the options with the symptoms.(Options can be used once, more than once, or not at all.)

-Caused by release of high levels of prostaglandins

• A)Primary dysmenorrhea
• B)Secondary dysmenorrhea

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Definitions:

Simple Reflexes

Inborn automatic responses to certain stimuli that are present from birth, such as the sucking reflex in infants.

Mental Representations

Internal cognitive symbols that represent external reality, allowing individuals to process information and make sense of the world.

Primary Circular Reactions

Repetitive actions focused on the body that infants engage in by chance and then continue because they find them pleasurable, marking a stage in sensorimotor development.

Assimilation

The process by which individuals or groups absorb the cultural aspects of another, often the dominant, society.