Complaining of burning in the throat and upper chest


Problem: Your patient is overweight and is complaining of burning in the throat and upper chest after eating large meals, spicy foods, and drinking alcohol. The patient said it improves within an hour of eating as long as they remain sitting up, instead of laying down. After your history and physical exam are completed, you decide to start the patient on a trial of famotidine and use gastro-esophageal reflux disease for you diagnosis code. The patient is instructed on lifestyle modifications and to return in 1 month it no improvement in symptoms, or for any other concerns. This is an example of a presumptive diagnosis • False • True.  Want 24x7 Assignment Help service online to answer?

 

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