The nurse is working in an area experiencing an outbreak of hepatitis. The manifestations that the nurse would identify as early manifestations of the disease are
a. clay-colored stools and dark urine.
b. epigastric pain and flu-like manifestations.
c. jaundice and severe pruritus.
d. petechiae and purpura.
B
Epigastric pain and flu-like manifestations with nausea and vomiting are common initial manife-stations of hepatitis. Other early manifestations include jaundice, lethargy, irritability, myalgia, arthralgia, anorexia, abdominal pain, fever, and diarrhea or constipation. Anicteric hepatitis may or may not precede jaundice.
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