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Actually, duodenal ulcer pain, duodenitis, gastritis or ulcer, gallbladder disease and colitis can all present with symptoms in the same general location. The key is PAIN IS A SIGN OF A PROBLEM!!!!
Significant pain" doubled me over" is the warning shot over the bow (to use a navy phrase...you guys just shot to kill, not warn them you're there!!) so seek medical attention for those complaints.
Glad you're not perf'ed or hemorrhaging...both of which may require the use of one of us friendly surgeons....damn fun case too..........
ss
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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