A client is admitted with the following symptoms: visual changes, muscular weakness, and numbness and tingling in the extremities. Based on these findings, the nurse should suspect the client of having which disease?
1. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (AMLS)
2. Multiple sclerosis
3. Guillain-Barré syndrome
4. Myasthenia gravis
Answer: 2
1. AMLS involves muscle fasciculations and muscle wasting.
2. All of these symptoms are seen with multiple sclerosis.
3. Guillain-Barré symptoms begin in the lower extremities and move upward.
4. Signs of myasthenia gravis include speech, chewing, and motor impairments.
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