Study confirms increased prevalence of GI symptoms among children with autism

(Emory Health Sciences) A new study indicates that children with autism spectrum disorder are more than four times more likely to experience general gastrointestinal (GI) complaints compared with peers, are more than three times as prone to experience constipation and diarrhea than peers, and complain twice as much about abdominal pain compared to peers.
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