Which clients would the nurse identify as manifesting a disease according to the GINA definition?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. A client who has a family history of age-related macular degeneration and is losing his eyesight
2. A client whose genetic test results indicate a risk for early-onset Alzheimer disease but who has no symptoms
3. A client who discovers that both her mother and grandmother were alcoholics.
4. A client whose twin has bipolar disease and who is seeking treatment for depression
5. A child diagnosed with sickle cell anemia after bleeding into the knee
1,4,5
Rationale 1: Because the client has symptoms that would be easily diagnosed by a physician or other health care provider, the client is manifesting a disorder.
Rationale 2: As long as the client has no symptoms, he could not be diagnosed. The client has not manifested the disorder.
Rationale 3: Based on this information alone, the client is not manifesting alcoholism.
Rationale 4: Because the client is seeking treatment for depression, the disorder is manifested.
Rationale 5: This client has manifestations of the disease.
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