21. Principles of Disease
Characteristics of Infectious Disease
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Problem 17.17a
Textbook Question
Textbook QuestionYour patient is reminiscing about her childhood diseases while reviewing her medical history. She claims she had a really bad case of rubella (German measles) when she was a child and that she was very sick. You think she is confusing it with rubeola (measles) because: (NCLEX/HESI/TEAS)
a. measles can cause congenital rubella syndrome.
b. German measles causes a mild rash and is not likely to make a patient very sick.
c. the largest concern is for secondary infections like pneumonia.
d. she didn’t mention Koplik’s spots in the mouth or raised lesions.
e. the raised red rash usually begins on the trunk and spreads from there.
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