A client is admitted with the following symptoms: visual changes, muscular weakness, and numbness and tingling in the extremities. Based on theses findings, the nurse should suspect the client of having which of the following diseases?
A)
myasthenia gravis
B)
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
C)
multiple sclerosis
D)
Guillain-Barr syndrome
C
Explanation:
A)
All of these symptoms are seen with multiple sclerosis. Signs of myasthenia gravis include speech, chewing, and motor impairments. AMLS involves muscle fasiculations and muscle wasting. Guillain-Barr symptoms begin in the lower extremities and move upward.
Analysis
Assessment
Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
B)
All of these symptoms are seen with multiple sclerosis. Signs of myasthenia gravis include speech, chewing, and motor impairments. AMLS involves muscle fasiculations and muscle wasting. Guillain-Barr symptoms begin in the lower extremities and move upward.
Analysis
Assessment
Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
C)
All of these symptoms are seen with multiple sclerosis. Signs of myasthenia gravis include speech, chewing, and motor impairments. AMLS involves muscle fasiculations and muscle wasting. Guillain-Barr symptoms begin in the lower extremities and move upward.
Analysis
Assessment
Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
D)
All of these symptoms are seen with multiple sclerosis. Signs of myasthenia gravis include speech, chewing, and motor impairments. AMLS involves muscle fasiculations and muscle wasting. Guillain-Barr symptoms begin in the lower extremities and move upward.
Analysis
Assessment
Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
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