Nurses hearing complaints of changes in the voice and impaired hearing can tell their patients that they are common reactions to:
1. decreased levels of estrogen.
2. displacement of the diaphragm that causes thoracic breathing.
3. congestion and swelling due to the upper respiratory tract becoming more vascu-lar.
4. increased volume of blood.
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1. Incorrect. Estrogen levels increase, causing the upper respiratory tract to become more vascular, causing swelling and congestion in the nose and ears, thus changes in voice and impaired hearing.
2. Incorrect. The diaphragm is displaced. However, key here is that estrogen levels increase, causing the upper respiratory tract to become more vascular, causing swelling and congestion in the nose and ears, thus changes in voice and impaired hearing.
3. Correct. Estrogen levels increase causing the upper respiratory tract to become more vascular, causing swelling and congestion in the nose and ears, thus changes in voice and impaired hearing.
4. Incorrect. The volume of blood is increased. However, key here is that estrogen levels increase, causing the upper respiratory tract to become more vascular, causing swelling and congestion in the nose and ears, thus changes in voice and impaired hearing.
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