Your patient complains of midline epigastric pain that has worsened during the sixth month of her pregnancy. It is most likely related to
a. cholecystitis. c. heartburn.
b. gastric ulcer. d. hepatitis.
C
Epigastric pain is abnormal and results from inflammation of the liver or necrosis from HDP. The pain of heartburn is felt more midline. Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder, and the pain is experienced in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. A gastric ulcer is accompanied by a gnawing pain in the epigastric area. It has a temporal pattern that mimics the diurnal rhythm of gastric acidity. Hepatitis is not painful.
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