When a 2-year-old child is admitted with a diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease, the nurse explains that the causative factor of this disease is:
a. frequent evacuation of solids, liquid, and gases.
b. excessive peristaltic movement.
c. the absence of parasympathetic ganglion cells in a portion of the colon.
d. one portion of the bowel telescoping into another.
C
The causative factor in Hirschsprung's disease is the absence of parasympathetic ganglion cells in a portion of the colon.
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