A 56-year-old male patient informs you that he has gastric ulcers. He has had them for several months, but recently the pain has been steadily increasing. If the cause of the abdominal pain is the gastric ulcers, how would you expect the patient to describe the pain?

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A 56-year-old male patient informs you that he has gastric ulcers. He has had them for several months, but recently the pain has been steadily increasing. If the cause of the abdominal pain is the gastric ulcers, how would you expect the patient to describe the pain?






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