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- Title
Aerophagia in adults: a comparison with functional dyspepsia.
- Authors
CHITKARA, D. K.; BREDENOORD, A. J.; RUCKER, M. J.; TALLEY, N. J.
- Abstract
Background : Aerophagia is a functional upper gastrointestinal disorder that has not previously been well described in a large patient group. Aims : To describe the initial evaluation of patients who presented with symptoms of aerophagia at a tertiary medical centre. Methods : A computerized search was used to identify all patients who were diagnosed with aerophagia at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester between 1996 and 2003 ( n = 79). Individual medical charts were abstracted for information on the demographics, clinical features, co-morbid diagnoses, diagnostic workup and treatment. Information on presenting symptoms was also collected for a group of patients who were classified as having functional dyspepsia for comparison ( n = 121). Results : The median duration of symptoms in patients with aerophagia was 24 months. The most common symptoms were belching (56%), abdominal pain (19%), bloating (27%) and abdominal distension (19%). Patients with functional dyspepsia had a higher prevalence of reporting nausea, vomiting, early satiety, weight loss and abdominal pain (all P < 0.01, adjusting for age, gender and body mass index). Significantly more patients with aerophagia had anxiety (19%) than those with functional dyspepsia (6%, P < 0.01). Conclusions : Individuals with aerophagia experience prolonged upper gastrointestinal symptoms. Initial presenting symptoms appear to be distinctly different from those who have functional dyspepsia.
- Subjects
AEROPHAGY; INDIGESTION; HYSTERIA; GASTRIC diseases; GASTROINTESTINAL diseases; GASTROENTEROLOGY
- Publication
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2005, Vol 22, Issue 9, p855
- ISSN
0269-2813
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2036.2005.02651.x