NSG6020 Week 9 quiz Latest Update 2024-2025 Questions and Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed Success 19-year-old college sophomorre comes to the clinic for evaluation of joint pains. The student has been back from spring break for 2 weeks; during her holiday, she went camping. She notes that she had a red spot, shaped like a target, but then it started spreading, and then the joint pains started. she used insect repellant but was in area known to have ticks. She has never been sick and takes no medications routinely; she has never been sexually active. What is the most likely cause of her joint pain -
CORRECT ANSWER: lyme disease
58-year-old man comes to your office complaining of bilateral back pain that now awakens him at night. This has been steadily increasing for the past 2 months. Which one of the following is the most reassuring in this patient with back pain - CORRECT
ANSWER: pain that is bilateral
a 28-year old graduate student comes to your clinic for evaluation of pain 'all over." With further questioning, she is able to relate that the pain is worse in the neck, shoulders, hands and low back and knees. She denies swelling in her joints. She states that the pain is worse in the morning. there is no limitation in her range of motion. On physical examination, she has several points on the muscles of the neck, shoulders, and back that are tender to palpation. Muscle strength and range of motion are normal.
Which one of the following is likely the cause of her pain - CORRECT ANSWER:
fibromyalgia
a 32 year-old warehouse worker presents for evaluation of low back pain. He notes a sudden onset of pain after lifting a set of boxes that were heavier than usual. He also states that he has numbness and tingling in the left leg. He wants to know if he needs to be off of work. What test should you perform to assess for herniated disc - CORRECT
ANSWER: straight- leg raise
a 33-year-old construction worker comes for evaluation and treatment of acute onset of low back pain. He notes that the pain is an aching located in the lumosacral area. It has been present interittently for several years; there is no known trauma or injury. He points to the left lower back. The pain does not radiate and there is numbness or tingling in the legs or incontinence. He was moving furniture for a friend over the weekend. On physical examination, you note muscle spasm, with normal deep tendon reflexes and muscle strength. What is the most likely cause of this patient's low back
pain - CORRECT ANSWER: mechanical low back pain
a 38-year-old woman comes to you and has multiple small joint involved with pain, swelling and stiffness. Which of the following is the most likely explanation - CORRECT
ANSWER: rhematoid arthritits
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