A mom asks her neighbor, a nurse, why every time she takes her daughter (10 years old) out for ice cream she comes home with a stomachache and then experiences a bout of diarrhea
The nurse is thinking that this girl is experiencing
A)
anxiety about increasing too many calories.
B)
a deficiency of lactase.
C)
gallbladder disease.
D)
premature peptic ulcer formation.
Ans:
B
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People with a deficiency of lactase, the enzyme that breaks down lactose, experience diarrhea when they drink milk or eat dairy products. Doubtful the child is anxious about the calories in ice cream. Gallbladder disease s/s usually occur in relation to high saturated fat intake. Peptic ulcer s/s include bloating, vomiting blood, foul coffee ground stools, etc.
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