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A patient with a head cold is demonstrating a change in speech tone and volume. The nurse realizes that the sinus cavities are affected because of which of the following?
1. The patient is sneezing.
2. The patient is coughing.
3. The patient is afebrile.
4. The sinuses play a role in speech.
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sneezing?
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12 years ago
4 -- Sinuses lighten the skull, assist in speech, and produce mucus that drains into the nasal cavities to help trap debris. Sneezing and coughing are not specific to sinus infections only. The patient would most likely be febrile (have a fever), not afebrile, with an infection.
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