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A woman presents to her doctor with a 2 month history of epigastric pain. She gets...

A woman presents to her doctor with a 2 month history of epigastric pain. She gets full after a few bites of food but was not concerned as she was on a diet and she was able to loose 11 lbs. in the last 2 months. She has a been under much stress due to her husband being out of work. She thought to seek care when she noticed some blood in her stool and had started to experience nausea. You decide to order tests and they come back positive for H Pylori.

  1. Which 2 diseases must you differentiate to come up with a conclusive diagnosis?
  2. What other tests might you perform to diagnose this case?
  3. Which other system might be directly affected by this disorder?
  4. What tests would you perform to verify if "other" system is starting to show pathology as well?
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