A patient is admitted to the hospital after vomiting bright red blood and is diagnosed with...
A patient is admitted to the hospital after vomiting bright red blood and is diagnosed with a bleeding gastric ulcer. The patient developed a sudden, sharp pain in the mid epigastric area along with a rigid, board-like abdomen. These clinical manifestations most likely indicate which of the following?
a. Intestinal obstruction
b. Pancreatitis
c. Peritonitis
d. Cholecystitis
Homework Answers
In intestinal obstruction the patient will be having difficulty in passing stool, nausea, vomiting, bloating, abdominal cramps and pain.
Pancreatitis the pain will be sudden at the epigastric region radiating to back, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distention are common
One of the typical sign of peritonitis is the board like abdomen ,this happens due to rupture of the ulcer and the muscles in abdomen are contracted,nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain are its other symptoms
In cholecystitis the pain is present in epigastric and right upper quadrant region
Ans:c.Peritonitis
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