write a referral letter to a gastroenterologist
I am writing to refer Ms Hall, a 48 -48-year-old teacher with
acute
Correct article usage
an acute
coarse
of dysphagia to Solid Correct your spelling
course
that
is highly suspicious of esophageal stenosis for your assessment and final diagnosis.
Ms Hall came today with Correct pronoun usage
who
two
Correct determiner usage
a
weeks
history of dysphagia to solids with no improvement. She had a viral upper respiratory tract infection and self-managed with herbal Chinese products with unknown content. Dysphagia associated with epigastric pain radiating to Correct your spelling
two-week
back
on T12 vertebrae. No lamp sensation was reported; Correct article usage
the back
however
, she has had weight
lossCorrect article usage
a weight
1
-2 kg. It should be mentioned that she is taking aspirin 2-3 times per month and has increased coffee consumption recently. She is a social alcohol drinker. She reported a previous history of dyspepsia in 2012 and asthma and peptic ulcer disease in her first degree. She mentioned that she has an allergy to codeine and sulpha dioxide.
I recommended Change preposition
of 1
her
Correct pronoun usage
she
to
stop all herbal and OTC medicine, Fix the infinitive
apply
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and reducing
reducing
coffee consumption and alcohol drinking and I started pantoprazole 40 mg daily.
I appreciate it if you could evaluate her for requiring any upper GI endoscopy and update us with your valuable information.Wrong verb form
reduce
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