Short Case Study Questions

Short Case Study Questions  
James Hammond is a 37-year-old business executive. He travels worldwide and has a very stressful schedule. He has been having chronic pain in his stomach for a month. After a recent trip he visits his physician after 5 days of nausea, vomiting, and blood in his stool and is diagnosed with severe gastritis.
-Mr) Hammond is prescribed a 2-week regimen of antibiotics and proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) . Based on this information, which is most likely to be the primary cause of his gastritis?

A) intake of alcohol
B) Helicobacter pylori
C) radiation therapy
D) bile reflux

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