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After assessing a client's reports, a nurse finds that the client is suffering from wheezing, prolonged exhalations, and rhonchi. The client uses accessory muscles during breathing. As a treatment, the primary health-care provider prescribes bronchodilators and corticosteroids in the form of inhalers as treatment. What disorder can the nurse infer from the symptoms of the client and the treatment that has been provided to the client?


Definitions:

Excitation

The process of causing a neuron or muscle cell to become more active or aroused.

Resting Potential

The electrical charge across a neuron's plasma membrane when the neuron is not actively sending a signal, serving as the basis of potential neural activation.

Axons

Long, slender projections of nerve cells, or neurons, that transmit electrical impulses away from the neuron's body to other neurons, muscles, or glands.

Action Potentials

Electrical impulses that neurons generate to transmit information throughout the nervous system.

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