An Older Patient Who Recently Returned from Visiting Family in New

question 4

Multiple Choice

An older patient who recently returned from visiting family in New York spends a great deal of time outdoors and often receives mosquito bites. Which health problem should the nurse suspect when the patient reports muscle pain, fever, headache, and extreme malaise?

• A) Dementia
• B) Depression
• C) Tuberculosis
• D) West Nile virus

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Definitions:

MEq/L

Milliequivalents per liter, a unit of concentration used in chemistry and medicine to describe the amount of a substance in a given volume of liquid.

HDL Cholesterol

High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, often referred to as "good" cholesterol, because it helps remove other forms of cholesterol from your bloodstream.

Good Cholesterol

High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL), a type of cholesterol that helps remove other forms of cholesterol from your bloodstream, protecting against heart disease.