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14 years ago
I am having trouble with this one, not sure what answer they really want for the Book Human Anatomy & Physiology ,Marieb and Heohn. 
After a heavy meal rich with fried foods, Debby Collins, and overweight 45-year-old woman, was rushed to the emergency room with severe spasmodic pains in her epigastric region that radiated to the right side of her rib cage. She indicated the attack came on suddenly, and her abdomen was found to be tender to the touch and somewhat rigid. What do you think is this patient's problem and why is her pain discontinuous (colicky)? What are the treatment options and what might happen if the problem is not resolved?



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14 years ago
The patient has the classical symptoms of a gallbladder attack in which a gallstone has lodged in the cystic duct.  The pain is discontinuous and colicky because it reflects the rhythm of persitaltic contractions (contract-relax-contract-relax).  The stone can be removed surgically or by sound or laser treatment.  If it is not removed, bile will back up into the liver, and jaundice will result.  Pg 885
serenity2870 Author
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14 years ago
Thanks you :0) 
Now how about this one?
Gary Francis, a middle –aged salesman complains of a burning pain in the “pit of his stomach” usually beginning about two hours after eating and abating after drinking a glass of milk.  When asked to indicate the site, he points to his epigastric region. The GI tract is examined by x-rays fluoroscopy. A gastric ulcer is visualized and drug therapy using an antibiotic-bismuth approach is recommended.
Why is this treatment suggested?






What are the possible consequences of nontreatment?


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14 years ago
Why is this treatment suggested?

Because it's usually a bacteria pathogen that causes peptic ulcers and they are killed via a cocktail of antibiotics.

What are the possible consequences of nontreatment?

Internal bleeding, peptic ulcer.
DJ
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14 years ago
Bismuth subsalicylate (also known as Pepto-Bismol) coats ulcers, protecting them from stomach acid. Although bismuth subsalicylate may kill H. pylori (the bacteria responsible for this condition), it is used with—not in place of—antibiotics in some treatment regimens. Slight Smile
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