CHAPTER 11/ Gastrointestinal Conditions^253
FINAL CHECKUP
- Your neighbor calls early Saturday morning asking you what is a good remedy for
someone who drank too much the night before. She says that her 16-year-daughter
awakened after coming home late last night complaining about abdominal pain
and nausea. For the past hour she has been vomiting. Her daughter claims she
wasn’t drinking, but your neighbor thinks otherwise. What is your best response?
a. Give her several cups of black coffee once she stops vomiting.
b. Call 911 and get her to the emergency department immediately
c. Put her back to bed after she stops vomiting and let her sleep it off.
d. You probably should call your health-care provider. - A mother mentions in passing that her 6-month-old started to have foul-smelling
stools. What is your best response?
a. What new foods have you introduced to him recently?
b. He is probably getting teeth.
c. Have you introduced him to foods that contain wheat, rye, oats, and barley?
d. Give him more water. - A parent of a child who is diagnosed with Crohn disease asks why her child can’t
have popcorn.What is your best response?
a. Your child can have popcorn except when there is a flare-up of Crohn disease.
Limit fiber such as popcorn during a flare-up to reduce aggravating the intestine.
b. Popcorn can cause appendicitis.
c. Popcorn causes Crohn disease.
d. Popcorn can lead to perforation of the intestine. - A father of a 4-year-old is concerned that his son will contract hepatitis B while
attending day care. What is your best response?
a. Children may contract Hepatitis A from an oral route due to poor sanitation,
which could occur in day care. However, hepatitis A can be prevented with a
vaccination.
b. There isn’t any chance that he will contract hepatitis B from a day-care facility.
c. Hepatitis B is transmitted by sexual contact, from a blood transfusion, or passed
to the fetus from his mother so it is unlike that your son will contact hepatitis B
from the day-care facility.
d. Day-care personnel are vaccinated against hepatitis B by law. - A father of a child who is diagnosed with hepatitis calls you very excited, saying
that his son is getting better because his enlarged liver has decreased in size.
What is your best response?
a. That is not a good sign. This is a sign of tissue necrosis.
b. Can you visit your health-care provider today?
c. That is good news. Be sure to tell your health-care provider about this change.
d. I’m sorry to hear about that.
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