Question

A 31-year-old man who has worked for several years installing fiberglass insulation has developed itchy, irritating lesions on his wrists and forearms over the last several months. He has applied moisturizing creams repeatedly and has taken antihistamines but has experienced no significant improvement. He is understandably concerned about the potential effect this could have on his livelihood and has asked his health care provider when treatment will resolve the problem. What is the health care provider’s most appropriate response?

Answer 1

If you need to find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle, you can use the Pythagorean theorem if you know the length of the other two sides. Square the length of the 2 sides, called a and b, then add them together. Take the square root of the result to get the hypotenuse.