Question 34 (part 2) · LEK · Acute abdomen
A 70-year-old male patient admitted to A&E complains of constant central epigastric pain. The patient is calm and does not move around as movement aggravates the pain. The pain also becomes more severe after eating. The pain in question is a:
- A. visceral pain
- B. mixed pain
- C. somatic pain
- D. colicky pain.
- E. local pain.
Hint
Does the patient writhe or lie still? Pain aggravated by movement indicates irritation of the parietal peritoneum.
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