The nurse notes reddened areas on the labia and a discharge that is white and curd-like in the vaginal canal when examining a female client. The nurse would suspect which of the following conditions in this situation
1. Contact dermatitis
2. Yeast infection
3. Herpes infection
4. Venereal warts
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Rationale 1: Contact dermatitis is characterized by reddened lesions that weep and form crusts.
Rationale 2: Yeast infections are the most common female genital infection and can produce redness, pruritis, and cheese-like discharge.
Rationale 3: Herpes infection causes small, red, painful ulcerations.
Rationale 4: Venereal warts appear as cauliflower-shaped, raised, moist papules.
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a. fibre intake. b. gender. c. age. d. all of the above.
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