A 45-year-old patient presents with abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant. Upon auscultation of bowel sounds, you hear high-pitched gurgles and clicks lasting around 10 seconds. This patient may have:

A) normal sounds.
B) hyperperistalsis.
C) borborygmi.
D) paralytic ileus.


A

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