During an assessment, a patient tells the nurse that her fingers often change color when she goes out in cold weather. She describes these episodes as her fingers first turning white,
then blue, then red with a burning, throbbing pain. The nurse suspects that she is experiencing:
a.
Lymphedema.
b.
Raynaud disease.
c.
Deep-vein thrombosis.
d.
Chronic arterial insufficiency.
ANS: B
The condition with episodes of abrupt, progressive tricolor changes of the fingers in response to cold, vibration, or stress is known as Raynaud disease.
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