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Default Air swallowing as a tic
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J Psychosom Res. 2008 Nov;65(5):497-500. Epub 2008 Oct 1.
Air swallowing as a tic.
Weil RS, Cavanna AE, Willoughby JM, Robertson MM.

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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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