?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=%E2%80%98Gas+Syndrome%E2%80%99+-+A+Culture+Bound+Syndrome&rft.creator=Kakunje%2C+Anil&rft.creator=Puthran%2C+S&rft.creator=Shihabuddeen%2C+ITM&rft.creator=Chandran%2C+MVV&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Culture+refers+to+the+shared+patterns+of+feelings%2C+beliefs+and+behaviour+that+reflect+in+the+way+of+living+in+a+society.+Culture+uniquely+influence+the+role+functioning+or++psychosoical+wellbeing+of+people+living+in+a+given+society+by+exerting+influence+on+their+mind+by+their+traditional+health+beliefs.+Cultural+factors+influence+understanding%2C+presentation%2C+diagnosis%2C+management%2C+course+and+outcome+of+many+diseases%2C+especially+psychiatric+disorders.+Culture-bound+syndromes+seem+to+be+episodic%2C+dramatic+and+discrete+patterns+of+behavioral+reactions+specific+to+a+particular+community+that+articulate+both+personal+predicament+and+public+concerns.+Every+culture+provides+explanations+and+causal+attributions+for+somatic+symptoms.+One+of+the+common+complaints+of+persons+coming+to+medical+attention+is+%E2%80%98Gas%E2%80%99+or+similar+terminologies+like+%E2%80%98vayu%E2%80%99+etc.+People+attribute+varied+symptoms+from+abdominal+discomfort%2C+chest+pain%2C+headache%2C+joint+pains%2C+back+pain%2C+somatic+complaints+to+%E2%80%98Gas%E2%80%99.+%E2%80%98Gas%E2%80%99+is+reported+to+be+the+cause+for+the+distress+and+the+primary+duty+of+the+treating+clinician+is+to+relieve+them+of+the+gas.+The+problem+of+troubling+Gas+or+vayu+has+been+influencing+Indian+culture%2Ftradition+since+ancient+days.+We+do+see+a+significant+proportion+of+patients+visiting+varied+specialists+attributing+all+their+problems+to+Gas.+'Gas+Syndrome%E2%80%99+is+proposed+as+a+culture+bound+syndrome.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2014-02-20&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9716%2F1%2F2013-4-9.pdf&rft.identifier=++Kakunje%2C+Anil+and+Puthran%2C+S+and+Shihabuddeen%2C+ITM+and+Chandran%2C+MVV++(2014)+%E2%80%98Gas+Syndrome%E2%80%99+-+A+Culture+Bound+Syndrome.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9716%2F