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strangeaffliction

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When speaking to young parents, the nurse states that lead poisoning is one of the most common preventable health problems affecting children. When lead levels exceed the amount that can be absorbed by the bones, it leads to:
 
  a. malnutrition.
  b. anemia.
  c. bone pain.
  d. diarrhea.

Question 2

The nurse instructs an anxious mother of a child with Rocky Mountain spotted fever that the disease is:
 
  a. extremely contagious among humans.
  b. contracted from handling unvaccinated animals.
  c. a hemolytic B Streptococcus infection spread by droplet transmission.
  d. a serious disease contracted from the bite of a tick.


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

B
When the amount of lead ingested exceeds the amount that can be absorbed by the bone, it leads to anemia.

Answer to Question 2

D
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is contracted through the bite of a tick vector. It is not contagious among humans.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
:D TYSM

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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