A life without burps might sound like a blessing, but a new study shows its anything but.
Burping plays an important biological function.
Normally, this excess air is sent back through the cricopharyngeus, and we burp it out.
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And theres still been very little research into it, including on the personal experiences of sufferers.
I actually have had this condition myself for as long as I could remember.
The team decided to conduct an online survey of people with the condition.
They recruited people through a Reddit community of self-identified R-CPD sufferersaptly called r/noburpand ultimately interviewed 199 people.
The volunteers were asked a variety of questions about how the condition affected their daily lives.
Slightly more than half reported not being able to vomit.
And over 87% reported having symptoms daily.
Their quality of life was greatly affected by the disorder.
The teams results arepublishedin the journal Neurogastroenterology & Motility.
At the same time, many sufferers felt unable to get help.
The findings, the study authors say, show that R-CPD is no picnic.
More efforts are needed to minimize and normalize this to encourage patients to seek help.
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