A nurse caring for a patient notes that the patient has a temperature of 104° F and a heart rate of 110 beats per minute. The patient's skin is warm and moist, and the patient complains that the room is too warm
The patient appears nervous and has protuberant eyes. The nurse will contact the provider to discuss:
a. cretinism.
b. Graves' disease.
c. myxedema.
d. Plummer's disease.
ANS: B
The signs and symptoms in this patient are consistent with hyperthyroidism and, because the patient's eyes are protuberant, they also are consistent with Graves' disease. Cretinism is hypothyroidism in children. Myxedema is severe hypothyroidism. Plummer's disease is a hyperthyroidism condition without exophthalmos.
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