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Psychosomatic symptoms are most often appearing as what?

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Dr. William Holmes answered

Specializes in Child Psychiatry

Many Possibilities: Psychosomatic symptoms can occur with any part of the body or any organ system. However, the most comon have to do with the GI tract and headaches.

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Answered 4/13/2016

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