Air swallowing as a tic

Abstract The authors present a patient with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome who developed abdominal distension and bloating due to air swallowing. We suggest that this air swallowing may have been due to a tic.

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Published in:Journal of psychosomatic research 2008-11, Vol.65 (5), p.497-500
Main Authors: Weil, Rimona S, Cavanna, Andrea E, Willoughby, John M.T, Robertson, Mary M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aerophagy
Aerophagy - chemically induced
Aerophagy - diagnostic imaging
Aerophagy - etiology
Air swallowing
Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic - adverse effects
Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Clomipramine - adverse effects
Clomipramine - therapeutic use
Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases
Depression - drug therapy
Diagnosis, Differential
Gastric Dilatation - diagnostic imaging
Gastric Dilatation - etiology
Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Nervous system as a whole
Neurology
Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Radiography
Tic
Tics
Tourette Syndrome - complications
Tourette Syndrome - diagnosis
Tourette Syndrome - diagnostic imaging
Tourette's syndrome
Treatment methods
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract The authors present a patient with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome who developed abdominal distension and bloating due to air swallowing. We suggest that this air swallowing may have been due to a tic.
ISSN:0022-3999
1879-1360
DOI:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.04.001