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Although abdominal symptoms are quite common, a specific cause is rarely found. Under some circumstances, healthy people perceive abdominal sensations arising from the digestive tract. Although it is unusual to be able to perceive physiologic intestinal motility,¹ almost everyone can recognize the somewhat uncomfortable fullness that follows the Christmas meal or the imperious need, often heralded by a crampy discomfort, to expel flatus. Some people consider these sensations normal, whereas others regard them as clinical symptoms. ``Symptom'' surveys conducted among apparently healthy people reveal that unpleasant abdominal sensations are quite common and similar to symptoms reported by patients with previously . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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