If a client has a vitamin B12 deficiency, they might benefit from an injection
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They are not the same thing
Women are more commonly affected than men and it tends to run in families
Numbness limited to the hand No neck pain Symptoms worse at night Positive wrist compression tests Symptoms improve when shaking the hand Neck stiffness or pain Pain radiating from shoulder into arm Weakness above the elbow Symptoms triggered by neck movement Shoulder blade discomfort Sometimes both conditions can occur simultaneously
Questions and Answers Questions Abbreviations used: AFP, alpha fetoprotein ALP, alkaline phosphatase ALT, alanine aminotransferase AMA, antimitochondrial antibody ANA, antinuclear antibody anti-HAV, antibody to hepatitis A virus anti-HBc, antibody to hepatitis B core antigen anti-HBs, antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen anti-HCV, antibody to hepatitis C virus anti-LKM, antibody to liver-kidney microsome type 1 ASMA, antismooth muscle antibody AST, aspartate aminotransferase BCLC, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer BCS, Budd-Chiari syndrome BMI, body mass index CBC, complete blood cell count CT, computed tomography DAA, direct-acting antiviral DILI, drug-induced liver injury EGD, esophagogastroduodenoscopy ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography FISH, fluorescence in situ hybridization GAVE, gastric antral vascular ectasia HAV, hepatitis A virus HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen HBV, hepatitis B virus HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma HCV, hepatitis C virus HE, hepatic encephalopathy IBD, Ig, INR, LDL, MCV, MELD, MRCP, MRI, NAFLD, NASH, NSBB, PBC, PMN, PSC, SMA, TIPS, WBC, inflammatory bowel disease immunoglobulin international normalized ratio low-density lipoprotein mean corpuscular volume Model for End-stage Liver Disease magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography magnetic resonance imaging nonalcoholic fatty liver disease nonalcoholic steatohepatitis nonselective -blocker primary biliary cholangitis polymorphonuclear neutrophil primary sclerosing cholangitis smooth muscle antibody transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt white blood cell count Multiple Choice (choose the best answer) VI.1
