Question

Parents of a 20-month-old infant report that he refuses food or eats poorly and that he grimaces when he swallows. He also is irritable and cries a lot. The mother is worried that he ate something inappropriate this morning, because he vomited something that looked like coffee grounds. Which of the following health problems would the care team first suspect?A) Rotavirus infectionB) AppendicitisC) Esophagitis from gastrointestinal refluxD) Hirschsprung disease

Answer 1

esophagitis from gastrointestinal reflux.

Step-by-step explanation:

It is an inflammation and as a result it damages tissues of the esophagus. Esophagus is a muscular tube with a role of delivering food from one's mouth to stomach. It is very painful, it makes it difficult to swallow and sometimes there is even pain in the chest. There are many different reasons why it happens, some of them are strong medicaments, allergies and infections.