A client presents in the healthcare provider's office with complaints of headache and malaise. The nurse assesses the client and finds that the client has severe pain when the sinuses are palpated
The nurse would suspect which of the following disorders? 1. Sinusitis
2. Mastoiditis
3. Chronic allergies
4. Anemia
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Rationale 1: Pain is a common finding during palpation of the sinuses when an infection or inflammation is present in the sinuses.
Rationale 2: Mastoiditis is associated with pain and tenderness over the mastoid process, which is located behind the client's ears.
Rationale 3: The client with chronic allergies may have pale, boggy, or swollen nasal mucosa.
Rationale 4: Anemia would be associated with pale mucous membranes.
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