PRECIPITATING FACTORS

PREDISPOSING FACTORS - Hormonal Problems

- Female - Pregnancy
- Age (20 - 40) 48 y/o - Endometriosis
- Postmanopausal women - Severe Infection
- Previous ovarian cyst

LEGEND:

Prediposing Factors

Precipitatinf Factors
Leutinizing hormone increases

Clinical Manifestation

Causes the ovaries to hyperstimulate

Disease

- Increased Etrogen
Disease Process Hormonal imbalances - Increased HCG

Abnormal proliferation of follicle

Graafarian follicle fail to ovulate and Menstrual Irregularities

undergo atrasia and continue to grow

Ovarian Cyst

Cyst increase in size Dull, unilateral lower

(up to 15 in diameter) quadrant pain

Cyst ruptures Abdominal girth increases

Pelvic pressure increases

Hemorrhage and acute Infection occurs
pain

Sepsis Fatigue and sense of Urinary frequency,

heaviness in pelvis constipation, painful
defecation
Death