If a patient experiences difficult or painful eating or swallowing, the patient has ________

A) anorexia
B) dyspepsia
C) dysphagia
D) gastritis


C
Explanation: A) A patient with anorexia does not have painful eating and swallowing.
B) A patient with dyspepsia has pain in the stomach, not when eating and swallowing.
C) Correct!
D) A patient with gastritits has pain in the stomach, not when eating and swallowing.

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