Case I: Question 7
HPI: Aggravating or Alleviating Factors

The patient obtains temporary relief by consuming milk and cookies. Antacids provide partial relief.

The patient experiences food relief because:


TRUE FALSE
gastric acid secretion falls when food enters the stomach.
gastric pH transiently rises because food buffers and dilutes gastric acid.
the potentiating interaction between histamine and gastrin is absent when food enters the stomach.

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