A 30-year-old pregnant mother at 34 weeks’ gestation presented in the obstetrical Unit with complaints of reddish streaks that has increasingly developed on her breasts and abdomen. She asked the nurse-midwife on duty what these skin changes are and whether they’re permanent. What is the nurse-midwife best response to this client? a. "These streaks are called straie gravidarum, or stretch marks; they will grow lighter after delivery" b. "These streaks are called melasma; it will fade away after a month." c. "These streaks are called hemangiomas; they are permanent changes of pregnancy." d. "These streaks are called linea nigra; they will fade after childbirth"
A 30-year-old pregnant mother at 34 weeks’ gestation presented in the obstetrical Unit with complaints of reddish streaks that has increasingly developed on her breasts and abdomen. She asked the nurse-midwife on duty what these skin changes are and whether they’re permanent. What is the nurse-midwife best response to this client? a. "These streaks are called straie gravidarum, or stretch marks; they will grow lighter after delivery" b. "These streaks are called melasma; it will fade away after a month." c. "These streaks are called hemangiomas; they are permanent changes of pregnancy." d. "These streaks are called linea nigra; they will fade after childbirth"
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A 30-year-old pregnant mother at 34 weeks’ gestation presented in the obstetrical Unit with complaints of reddish streaks that has increasingly developed on her breasts and abdomen. She asked the nurse-midwife on duty what these skin changes are and whether they’re permanent. What is the nurse-midwife best response to this client?
a. "These streaks are called straie gravidarum, or stretch marks; they will grow lighter after delivery"
b. "These streaks are called melasma; it will fade away after a month."
c. "These streaks are called hemangiomas; they are permanent changes of pregnancy."
d. "These streaks are called linea nigra; they will fade after childbirth"
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