A Nurse Is Completing a Symptom Analysis with a Patient

A nurse is completing a symptom analysis with a patient complaining of chest pain. When asked what makes the chest pain worse, the patient reports that coughing and sneezing increase the chest pain. Based on these data, what does the nurse suspect as the cause of this patient's chest pain?

A) Stable angina
B) Esophageal reflux disease
C) Mitral valve prolapse
D) Costochondritis

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