A Patient Who Is Visiting the Clinic Complains of Having

Multiple Choice

A patient who is visiting the clinic complains of having "stomach pains for 2 weeks" and describes his stools as being "sticky looking and black" for approximately the past 10 days.He denies taking any medications.The nurse is aware that these symptoms are mostly indicative of:

A) Excessive fat caused by malabsorption
B) Increased iron intake, resulting from a change in diet
C) Occult blood, resulting from gastrointestinal bleeding
D) Absent bile pigment from liver problems