A patient informs the nurse that he has been having abdominal pain that is relieved when having a bowel movement. The patient states that the physician told him he has irritable bowel syndrome
What does the nurse recognize as characteristic of this disorder? A) Weight loss due to malabsorption
B) Blood and mucus in the stool
C) Chronic constipation with sporadic bouts of diarrhea
D) Client is awakened from sleep due to abdominal pain.
C
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Most clients with IBS describe having chronic constipation with sporadic bouts of diarrhea. Some report the opposite pattern, although less commonly. Most clients experience various degrees of abdominal pain that defecation may relieve. Weight usually remains stable, indicating that when diarrhea occurs, malabsorption of nutrients does not accompany it. Stools may have mucus, but blood is not usually found because the bowel is not locally inflamed. The sleep is not disturbed from abdominal pain.
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