Heartburn/indigestion

Question 1

Alarm symptoms for heartburn/indigestion

Answer 1

Trouble swallowing solids/liquids
Pain with swallowing
Weight loss
Persistent vomiting
Anemia
Rectal bleeding, blood in stool

Question 2

Name the heartburn/indigestion ddx:

Pain in epigastrum, lower chest worse on reclining, better standing
Retrosternal, radiation down left arm

Answer 2

Hiatal hernia

Question 3

Name the heartburn/indigestion ddx:

Dysphagia, anorexia, weight loss
Hx Barrett esophagus

Answer 3

Esophageal cancer

Question 4

Name the heartburn/indigestion ddx:

Dyspepsia unrelieved by antacids
Dysphagia
Anorexia
Weight loss

Answer 4

Gastric cancer

Question 5

Name the heartburn/indigestion ddx:

Dyspepsia with abdominal pain, indigestion, heartburn
Worse after eating
Loss of appetite, sense of fullness
N/V
Burning/gnawingbetween meals

Answer 5

Gastritis

Question 6

Name the heartburn/indigestion ddx:

Epigastric pain or burning with postprandial fullness, early satiety

Answer 6

Dyspepsia