The nurse is performing an oral examination on a patient and notices a beefy-red tongue. She knows this is a characteristic finding in:
a. anorexia nervosa.
b. malnutrition.
c. bulimia. d.
pernicious anemia.
ANS: D
In conditions such as pernicious anemia, a characteristic finding is a sore, smooth-surfaced, beefy-red tongue, which may interfere with the person's ability to chew certain foods. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia are eating disorders. In malnutrition the oral mucosa may be a darker red than normal with oral lesions and/or the tongue may reveal white irregular areas.
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