A middle-aged woman has scheduled an appointment with her nurse practitioner because she has been experiencing intractable muscle weakness in recent weeks
Which of the following characteristics of the patient's weakness should cause the nurse to suspect a neurological etiology?
A) The patient's weakness is most severe in the early morning.
B) The weakness is primarily on the left side of the patient's body.
C) The weakness is not relieved by increasing her food intake.
D) The patient's weakness began around the time of her husband's death.
B
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