A member asked:

I am bloated and have a hard stomach, nausea and when i don't eat i feel like something scratching my stomach?

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Symptoms vs. Reality: Symptoms are interpretations by the person who perceives them (within their brain↔mind) & only possible clues as to what is happening. Better diagnoses (just labels, not necessarily accurate or useful for solutions) also require signs (exam, lab findings, etc.) in order to offer reasonable guesses as to what might be happening. Medicine is not magical; physicians are only detectives, at best.

Answered 6/7/2016

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