P:Good Afternoon, doctor.
D:Good afternoon. What is your problem?
P:I have a stomachache.
D:What do you feel?
P:I have a strong pain and heartburn.
D:How long have you had this pain and acidity?
P:For 2 months now. It does not go way! I eat and after every meal my stomach hurts. Even at night the pain persists.
D:Tell me, in the last 2 months, have you eaten any kind of heavy food, or something different?
P:No.
D:How strong is the pain. Lets say in a 1 to 10 scale, how would you describe the intensity of the pain?
P:Between 4-5
D:Is the pain continuous or does it come and go?
P:It come and goes.
D:Does the pain come after meals?
P:That's possible because it hurts everytime after eating.
D:Is there a kind of food that affects you more?
P:Greasy food.
D:Greasy food affects you?
P:Yes. At home we eat a lot of greasy food.
D:Where in the abdomen does it hurt? Point please! Does the pain travel to your chest, shoulder, back or across your abdomen?
P:It hurts in the middle. Sometimes, the pain travels across my abdomen.
D:Besides the pain, you said you have heartburn?
P:Yes, after a burp, I feel a kind of sour taste.
D:Do you feel like this more during the day or in the evenings?
P:Both. I feel the acidity during the day and at night.
D:Is it worse when lying down?
P:Yes, I taste the acid in my mouth?
D:Besides greasy food, is there any other kind of food that irritates your stomach? Like spicy food?
P:No, at home we don't eat spicy food.
D:And tell me, how often do you regularly have a bowel movement? Has that changed since you have been having these problems?
P:It is regular. It hasn't changed since the problem.
D:Have you noticed any change in the consistency of the bowel movement?
P:Yes. It is a bit softer.
D:Have you noticed any change in color?
P:Yes, it is greener.
D:Greener, not darker? Any blood in your bowel movement or black coloring to bowel movement?
P:No, not darker. I do not see any blood in my bowel movement, either.