Brief Answer: Reasonable to be examined Detailed Answer: Dear XXXXXX, Thanks for the query. I notice that he is otherwise healthy but has both anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder, so the symptoms may well be somatoform (eg. a consequence of his "brain over body") and not organic; nevertheless, patients with Psychiatric comorbidities should receive the same evaluation that we give to all other patients, so it is reasonable for him to be seen by a provider who can also conduct a through physical examination, to make sure that such description is not related to an organic cause, for example, a manifestation of a developing infection. Hope this is helpful, wish you and your son the best, Dr Brenes-Salazar MD Mayo Clinic MN

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