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ArticleCureus2024

Intractable Belching as a Psychiatric Consequence: A Case Report.

Iva Hu, Rachel Alef

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Diagnostic and Management Review of Gastric and Supragastric Belching, Aerophagia, and Rumination Syndrome.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2026
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2 authors.

Iva HuPsychiatry, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) Healthcare, Tamarac, USA.
Rachel AlefOsteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Davie, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBelching is a common physiological occurrence, but it becomes bothersome when it occurs excessively and disrupts one's quality of life. It is hypothesized that psychiatric diagnoses may be an etiology and exacerbation for intractable belching.  Case presentation: We present a case report of a female in her 70s with a psychiatric history of major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) with symptoms of intractable belching. This patient was diagnosed with supragastric belching (SGB), which is likely behaviorally induced as a result of her psychiatric comorbidities.

conclusionsIn patients presenting with intractable belching, along with other intractable somatic symptoms, psychiatric comorbidities should be considered as a possible etiology or contributing factor. Especially with known psychiatric comorbidities, patients should have maximized psychiatric treatment (including pharmacotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy) in order to be managed most effectively.

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belchingcognitive behavioral therapypsychiatrypsychotherapysupragastric belching

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PMID39463592
PMCPMC11508039

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