02-15-2010, 06:27 PM
A 54-year-old woman comes to the office for her annual health maintenance examination. At her last visit 11 months ago she reported hot flushes but says they have now resolved. She takes no medications. She is employed as an executive for a computer manufacturing company. Her stress level has increased during the past 9 months because of her company's financial difficulties and she now smokes two packs of cigarettes daily. She is 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) tall and weighs 63 kg (140 lb), which is an increase of 4 kg (9 lb) since her last visit. She plans to begin an intensive aerobics program to stop her weight gain. The patient should be advised that initiation of this exercise program will put her most at risk for which of the following?
A) Arthritis
B) Exercise-induced asthma
C) Gastroesophageal reflux disease
D) Stress fractures
E) Stroke
A) Arthritis
B) Exercise-induced asthma
C) Gastroesophageal reflux disease
D) Stress fractures
E) Stroke