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The Patient Is Admitted with Severe Abdominal Pain Due to Pancreatitis.The

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The patient is admitted with severe abdominal pain due to pancreatitis.The patient asks the nurse,"What causes this? Why does it hurt so much?" The nurse should solve


A) "Pancreatitis is extremely rare, and no one knows why it causes pain."
B) "Pancreatitis is caused by diabetes; you should be checked."
C) "Injury to certain cells in the pancreas causes it to digest (eat) itself, causing pain."
D) "The pain is localized to the pancreas.Fortunately, it will not affect anything else."

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