The Nurse Is Performing a Neurologic Assessment on a 41-Year-Old

Multiple Choice

The nurse is performing a neurologic assessment on a 41-year-old woman with a history of diabetes. When testing her ability to feel the vibrations of a tuning fork, the nurse notices that the patient is unable to feel vibrations on the great toe or ankle bilaterally, but she is able to feel vibrations on both patellae. Given this information, what would the nurse suspect?

A) Hyperalgesia
B) Hyperesthesia
C) Peripheral neuropathy
D) Lesion of sensory cortex