A Client with Hyperthyroidism Has Been Reading About PTU on the Internet.The

question 8

Multiple Choice

A client with hyperthyroidism has been reading about PTU on the internet.The client asks the nurse,"How do antihormones work to help my condition?" Which is the nurse's best response?

• A)"Your body has been affected by too much thyroid hormone.PTU is a drug that can block your body's response to thyroid hormone."
• B)"Antihormones oppose the action of estrogen,which allows thyroid to regain its effectiveness."
• C)"PTU regenerates your thyroid gland and causes normal tissue to regrow,so the effects of too much thyroid will disappear."
• D)"PTU replaces your abnormal thyroid hormone with normal thyroid hormone."

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