A female patient tells the nurse that she has pain and numbness to her thumb, first finger, and second finger of the right hand
The nurse discovers that the patient is employed as an auto mechanic, and that the pain is increased while working. This may indicate that the patient could possibly have what?
A) Carpel tunnel syndrome
B) Tendonitis
C) Impingement syndrome
D) Dupuytren's contracture
Ans: A
Feedback: Carpel tunnel syndrome may be manifested by numbness, pain, paresthesia, and weakness along the median nerve. Tendonitis is inflammation of muscle tendons. Impingement syndrome is a general term that describes all lesions that involve the rotator cuff of the shoulder. Dupuytren's contracture is a slowly progressive contracture of the palmar fascia.
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