What Is the Appropriate Dietary Management for a Patient with Sjögren

question 12

Multiple Choice

What is the appropriate dietary management for a patient with Sjögren syndrome?

• A)Provide foods that are pureed in form.
• B)Provide oral liquid supplements.
• C)Provide moist, soft, nonspicy food.
• D)Begin fluid restriction.

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Definitions:

Hypertonic Solution

A solution that has a higher concentration of solutes outside the cell, leading to the movement of water out of the cell.

Hypotonic Solution

A solution that has a lower solute concentration compared to another solution, leading to the potential of water entering into a cell by osmosis.

Chromatin Condenses

The process by which chromatin fibers thicken and shorten to form distinct chromosomes during cell division.

Nucleoli Disappear

A phenomenon occurring during the cell division process (specifically in prophase of mitosis) where the nucleolus breaks down and disappears.