A Patient Has Been Taking Aspirin on a Regular Basis

question 27

Multiple Choice

A patient has been taking aspirin on a regular basis for general aches and pains.She is a nervous,emaciated,46-year-old,unmarried alcoholic.She is now at the clinic feeling weak and dizzy.She reports increasingly severe abdominal pain that developed approximately 7 days ago.Which should the nurse suspect about her diagnosis?

• A) The patient may have cirrhosis of the liver made worse by the aspirin.
• B) The alcoholic condition may have reduced the patient's resistance, and she has now developed tuberculosis.
• C) The patient may have appendicitis made worse with alcohol.
• D) The patient may have GI bleeding because of the aspirin and alcohol.

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