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What Could Be The Reason If Vomiting Frequently After Eating In An 89 Yr Old?
Mr. McDaniel is 89 years old and in the last 6 months has started to experience vomiting after he eats. Sometimes it is within minutes. He stated it starts with a burp and then he will vomit. No cramping or pain with it. It does not happen with every meal and not every day but is becoming more frequent.
Mon, 18 Aug 2014
K I understood the problem see 1stly in a patient with elder with recurrent vomiting I want to rule out any malignancy of esophagus or stomach so kindly ho for an endoscopy if there is smething we found need to take a biopsy to know wethr its benign or malignant lesion ...and I am interested to know wethr thr is any sognificant weight loss ....if thr is weight loss ....it wil definitely go in favour of malignancy ...hope this information is fine ...thank you..
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