The nurse is reviewing a client's electronic medical record and notices that the client has recently experienced dyspareunia. The nurse knows that this is an effect of aging on the female reproductive system
What is the best description of dyspareunia that the nurse can share with the nursing student who is going to see this client with the nurse? A) Female climacteric
B) Bones become brittle and porous and fracture more easily
C) Painful intercourse
D) Uterus prolapses and falls into the vagina
C
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Intercourse may become painful (dyspareunia) as the vaginal mucosal wall becomes thinner and vaginal secretions decrease. Female climacteric is called menopause. Osteoporosis is a condition in which bones become brittle and porous and fracture more easily. The uterus may fall (prolapse) into the vagina.
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