The nurse is caring for a patient with pernicious anemia. The patient asks the nurse why she experiences constant fatigue. Which response most accurately answers the patient's question?
a. "Your anemia causes inadequate oxygen delivery to your cells, which causes you to feel fatigue."
b. "Your anemia causes an enlarged spleen, which makes breathing difficult and leads to fatigue."
c. "Your anemia causes proliferation of white cells, which leads to fatigue."
d. "Your anemia causes excessive manufac-ture of red blood cells, which overworks your body and leads to fatigue."
A
The fatigue experienced by people with anemia is related to the lack of oxygenation due to the lack of RBCs to carry the oxygen.
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