Is Your Child's Stomach Pain All in His Head?
We all know there are times that kids seem to complain (51) a stomach ache to get out of chores or going to school. Don't be so sure that the pain they (52) is all in their minds. We're learning more now about a condition (53) "functional abdominal pain" that is experienced by millions of kids every day.
Like many teenagers, Kyle Brust makes it a point to do his homework: as (54) as he gets home. Unlike most, Kyle often did his with a terrible stomach ache. In fact, the (55) often started while he was at school, but getting help there was getting harder.
"Some of my teachers wouldn't let me go, because I'd asked so many times before and they thought I was trying to get out of (56) ." says Kyle.
Kyle's mom Marilyn says she couldn't blame the (57) . After all, she'd taken him to the doctor several times herself, and even they couldn't find anything (58) .
"You know, you're running the tests and nothing's coming up. So, is it in his head, is he just an extremely stressful child? It's just frustrating (59) we're not finding any answers. " says Marilyn.
It turns out Kyle was suffering from a condition known (60) functional abdominal pain, that affects as many as one out of every ten kids in this country. Even (61) the cause of the pain may not be obvious, there are real consequences.
"It really does hurt, and these kids really do suffer. " says Dr. Campo, MD at Nationwide Children's Hospital. To help (62) , Campo is looking into a new approach. He's conducting clinical trials of an antidepressant that changes the way the body handles a chemical called serotonin. In a preliminary study, Dr. Campo found that in about eight out of ten (63) , the drug normally used to treat emotional pain worked to ease the pain in the (64) .
"We think about it as being important in anxiety and depression and that's all quite true, but what's really interesting is that 95% of our body's serotonin is in our gut. " says Campo.
Campo believes these kids have extremely sensitive intestines, and controlling the effects of serotonin may (65) ease the pain. It seemed to .work for Kyle, who is now completely pain free for the first time in years.
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第1题
不符合骨瘤特点的是
A.良性肿瘤
B.好发于头面骨及颌骨
C.由成熟的骨质组成
D.骨母细胞异型性明显
第4题
关于年龄与肿瘤发病关系的叙述,正确的是()。
A、骨肉瘤、骨软骨瘤、软骨母细胞瘤好发于中年以上
B、转移瘤、骨髓瘤、软骨肉瘤多见于30岁以下
C、尤因瘤多见于老年人
D、骨巨细胞瘤好发年龄是20~40岁
E、年龄的分布在骨肿瘤患者中没有规律
第5题
下列叙述正确的是
A、骨软骨瘤好发于中年
B、尤因肉瘤多见于青年
C、骨巨细胞瘤好发于20岁以下
D、软骨母细胞瘤好发于青年
E、软骨肉瘤多见于30岁以上
第7题
下列叙述哪项正确?()
A、软骨母细胞瘤好于青年
B、骨软骨瘤好发于中年人
C、骨巨细胞瘤发于20岁以下的青少年
D、尤因肉瘤多见于青年人
E、软骨肉瘤多见于30岁以上
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