The nurse cautions a patient who is using estrogen cream to restore vaginal moisture not to use the cream as a lubricant for sexual intercourse because:
a. her partner will absorb estrogen.
b. cream numbs the clitoris.
c. cream will alter condom integrity.
d. friction of intercourse will irritate vaginal wall.
A
The partner can absorb estrogen from estrogen cream used as a lubricant for sexual intercourse.
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