A migrant farmworker presents to the clinic reporting an acute onset of severe abdominal pain,nausea,vomiting,diarrhea,and headache with difficulty concentrating.Which of the following conditions would cause such symptoms?

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Because a migrant farmworker is employed in agriculture,the most probable cause is pesticide poisoning.Acute health effects of pesticide exposure include mild psychological and behavioral deficits such as memory loss,difficulty with concentration,and mood changes,abdominal pain,nausea,vomiting,diarrhea,headache,malaise,skin rashes,and eye irritation.The work setting of a migrant farmer would lead the nurse to first consider pesticide poisoining as a potential underlying cause of these symptoms.However,some of these symptoms could potentially be present with appendicitis,bacterial gastroenteritis,or a viral illness.

A Migrant Farmworker Presents to the Clinic Reporting an Acute