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karen

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A 40-year-old man with overall good health has implemented many of the lifestyle modifications that his care provider recommended when he was diagnosed with hypertension.
 
  While these have resulted in reductions in his blood pressure readings over the past several months, the man remains borderline hypertensive. As a result, his care provider has proposed pharmacologic therapy. What medication should the nurse anticipate being prescribed for this patient?
  A) An angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor
  B) A thiazide diuretic
  C) A beta blocker
  D) An angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB)

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A 25-year-old male patient with severe rhinitis asks the nurse what is causing his nose to run.
 
  The symptoms are caused by a reaction to a substance, usually a protein, that causes the formation of an antibody and reacts specifically with an antibody called a(n) a. proliferation.
  b. complement.
  c. antigen.
  d. lymphokine.


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pratush dev

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C
An antigen is referred to as an allergen (a substance that can produce hypersensitive reaction in the body but is not necessarily inherently harmful) when symptoms of allergy occur.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Thank you


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