A Patient Who Repeatedly Uses the Hands at Work and Complains

question 90

Multiple Choice

A patient who repeatedly uses the hands at work and complains of numbness and tingling of the fingers and difficulty grasping a pencil may be diagnosed with

• A) fibromyalgia.
• B) carpal tunnel syndrome.
• C) lupus.
• D) osteoarthritis.

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