[Verified Answer]: Max Campbell, a 20-year-old man, is seeing…

Max Campbell, a 20-year-old man, is seeing his nurse practitioner and complains of loss of appetite and occasional lower sternal chest pain 3060 minutes after meals. He says that symptoms began about 6 months ago. M.C. is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 190 lb. He states he smokes 2 packs of cigarettes/week. Besides chest pain after meals, M.C. complains that he occasionally has a bitter liquid in his mouth. M.C. also has a history of asthma. He states he has needed inhaler more than usual lately.