A patient with syphilis is seen at the clinic and complains of body aches, pustules, fever, and sore throat. The nurse recognizes that these are symptoms of syphilis at which stage?
1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Latent
4. Late
2
Symptoms in the secondary stage are body aches, rash, pustules, fever, and sore throat.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 1112, Table 49-3
OBJ: 5 TOP: Syphilis KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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