The nurse is explaining inflammation to a patient who has Crohn's disease. Which information should the nurse provide?
1. When cells are damaged nearby vessels get bigger.
2. The vessels in the area allow fluids to escape.
3. Inflammation produces pus.
4. Inflammation causes bleeding and inability to clot.
5. Inflammation causes pain.
1,2,3,5
Rationale 1: Histamine and other chemical mediators are released and result in vasodilation.
Rationale 2: Vessels become more permeable.
Rationale 3: Pus develops from cellular infiltration and death of white cells.
Rationale 4: Clots form in vessels involved in inflammation.
Rationale 5: Inflammation damages tissues, stimulating nerve endings and causing pain.
Global Rationale: Histamine and other chemical mediators are released and result in vasodilation. Vessels become more permeable. Pus develops from cellular infiltration and death of white cells. Inflammation damages tissues, stimulating nerve endings and causing pain. Clots form in vessels involved in inflammation.
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