The nurse is performing an assessment on a 7-year-old child who has symptoms of chronic watery eyes, sneezing, and clear nasal drainage. The nurse notices the presence of a transverse line across the bridge of the nose, dark blue shadows below the eyes, and a double crease on the lower eyelids. What does the nurse suspect is the cause of these signs and symptoms?

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Chronic allergies often develop chronic facial characteristics and include blue shadows below the eyes, a double or single crease on the lower eyelids, open-mouth breathing, and a transverse line on the nose. Lymphadenopathy means enlargement of lymph nodes from infection, allergy, or neoplasm, it is a sign of allergies, not a cause. Although nasal congestion and upper respiratory infections may present with watery eyes and sneezing, people with nasal congestion usually state congestion or a pressure feeling in their head and people with upper respiratory infections often have a cough and/or sore throat and don't have a transverse line across the bridge of the nose, dark blue shadows under the eyes, or a double crease on the lower eyelids. The signs and symptoms of this patient are likely from chronic allergies.

The Nurse Is Performing an Assessment on a 7-Year-Old Child