The nurse prepares the older adult patient with diabetes for which symptom of the disease that distorts tactile sensation?
a. Proprioception
b. Loss of visual acuity
c. Progressive paresis
d. Peripheral neuropathy
D
Peripheral neuropathy is the presence of abnormal sensation.
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