You are assessing a patient who presents with complaints of colicky pain in the right upper quadrant that gets worse after they eat and is unresolved by antacids. These signs and symptoms indicate that your patient is suffering from what?
A)Appendicitis
B)Pancreatitis
C)Cholecystitis
D)Gastritis

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If you are assessing a patient who presents with complaints of colicky pain in the right upper quadrant that gets worse after they eat and is unresolved by antacids indicates that they are suffering from cholecystitis. This is caused by gallstones lodging in the duct that drains the bladder or in the bile duct causing liver or pancreatic congestion.

You Are Assessing a Patient Who Presents with Complaints of Colicky