A teenager is diagnosed with a disorder of mitochondrial inheritance. What assessment findings would the nurse expect to find in this client's history?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Hearing loss
2. Loss of ability to taste
3. Frequent nosebleeds
4. Exercise intolerance
5. Generalized fatigue
1,4,5
Rationale 1: Unexplained hearing loss is a finding associated with mitochondrial disorders.
Rationale 2: Taste disturbances are not associated with mitochondrial disorders.
Rationale 3: Frequent nosebleeds are not associated with mitochondrial disorders.
Rationale 4: Mitochondrial disorders affect energy supply.
Rationale 5: Mitochondrial disorders affect energy supply.
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