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11 years ago
Which is the most appropriate question for the nurse to ask when interviewing a patient suspected of exhibiting signs of Parkinson’s disease?
1. “Do you recall if any of your relatives had difficulty holding on to things with their hands?”
2. “Do you remember what you ate for breakfast this morning?”
3. “Is it painful to flex your chin to your chest?”
4. “Did your muscle weakness first occur in your arms or in your legs?”
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11 years ago
1 -- In Parkinson’s disease (PD), the resulting lack of dopamine production leads to difficulty with movement, tremor, rigidity, and difficulty maintaining posture. It is thought that the resulting disease process results from a complex interaction between genetic and environmental factors. Slow and insidious in onset, and ranging over a course of 3 to 20 years, Alzheimer’s disease progressively degrades cognitive function. The symptoms of multiple sclerosis include L’Hermite’s sign, or a shocklike pain that results from flexion of the neck. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) symptoms first present in an arm in roughly half of the cases, with about 20% of the occurrences affecting a leg.
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