[Dysphagia] Aeorphagia

[Sally.Gorski at co.hennepin.mn.us (Sally.Gorski@co.hennepin.mn.us)]

An Internal Medicine physician has requested information/intervention from 
our department regarding a patient who is s/p laproscopic placement of an 
adjustable gastric band for weight loss who has been dealing with 
excessive belching/flatulence since the procedure.  They have ruled out 
lactose intolerance or intolerance for other food categories.  So, the 
physician's next step was to ask if our field has had any experience with 
treating aeorphagia particularly in this population of patients. 

Any experience out there?  I just pulled an article from the Behavior 
Modification journal entitled, "Behavioral Treatment of Chronic Belching 
Due to Aerophagia in a Normal Adult" as a place to start. Not sure this is 
within my scope of experience though. 

Thanks for any input.

Sally Gorski