When the patient with pernicious anemia says, "I don't know why I am so tired," the nurse can clarify by saying that the fatigue is related to:
a. lack of oxygen being carried to cells of the body.
b. enlarged spleen, which makes breathing difficult.
c. proliferation of white cells.
d. excessive red cells that have decreased the blood pressure.
A
The fatigue experienced by people with anemia is related to the lack of oxygenation due to the lack of RBCs to carry the oxygen.
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