What pathological condition does this patient currently have

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A 70-year-old female has come into the office complaining about "indigestion, acid backing up into the esophagus, difficulty having a bowel movement, no appetite, and occasional vomiting." Over the past 10 years she reports having an x-ray of her bowels that required an enema to be given to her by the x-ray technician, a biopsy of some small growths in her colon, the removal of hemorrhoids, and several attacks of gallstones. The physician ordered several diagnostic procedures with the following results: an occult blood test confirmed presence of blood in her stools, IV cholecystography failed to show any gallstones, but gastroscopy did reveal an active peptic ulcer

1. What pathological condition does this patient currently have?

2. What is the medical term for each of the patient's complaints?

3. What is the medical term for each of the procedures or conditions she has had over the last 10 years?

4. Describe the diagnostic procedures performed at this time?

5. What is the location of the peptic ulcer? What are other common locations for digestive system ulcers?

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