If someone is under continued stress and starts to experience severe stomach pain, they may have
a. dysphagia.
b. food asphyxiation.
c. a peptic ulcer.
d. loss of intrinsic factor.
C
Long-term stress can stimulate excessive stomach acid secretion and contribute to peptic ulcer formation. Dysphagia means difficulty swallowing, associated with food asphyxiation, but not usually caused by stress. Stress does not affect production of intrinsic factor.
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