Identify the patient's signs and symptoms that could suggest the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease
What will be an ideal response?
• The patient's complaints of indigestion and chest pain are symptoms.
• The physician's assessment of epigastric tenderness and heme positive stool also suggest GERD as well as possibly other complications of GERD such as peptic ulcer disease.
• Fried foods worsening the indigestion that he is experiencing is suggestive of compromised LES pressure contributing to GERD
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