Common Abdominal Pain May be Due to a Potentially Treatable Newly Recognized Inflammatory Reaction. Mayo Clinic Study

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — As many as one in four people in westernized countries experience pain or discomfort in their upper abdomen, and physicians have almost nothing to offer except anti-acid medicines, which usually don't work. Now, in a small but novel study, researchers have found evidence that an abnormal amount of inflammatory cells populates the upper intestine of affected individuals, which suggests a fresh way of understanding the common complaint.