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Ready for the answer to the #NCLEX Mastery Question of the Day? The nurse is caring for a patient suspected of having systemic scleroderma. The nurse explains to the patient that systemic scleroderma: (SATA) A. Is an autoimmune disease that affects connective tissue, C. Causes weakness in the majority of patients, and D. Is characterized by inflammation, fibrosis, and sclerosis. •Systemic scleroderma (also called systemic sclerosis) is an autoimmune disordered that causes inflammation and sclerosis of the skin, muscles, joints, lungs, kidneys, and heart. •Common symptoms include weakness, pruritus, Raynauds phenomenon, difficultly swallowing, edema, tight skin, shortness of breath, fatigue, and hypertension. •Systemic scleroderma has a limited genetic link. It is believed to be triggered by exposure to chemicals or fetal cells circulating in the maternal blood. •It is not caused by SLE or triggered by an adenovirus.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 22:46:01 +0000

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