Chronic abdominal pain (CAP) persists for more than 3 mo either continuously or intermittently. Intermittent pain may be referred to as recurrent abdominal pain (RAP). Acute abdominal pain is discussed elsewhere. CAP occurs any time after 5 yr of age. Up to 10% of children require evaluation for RAP. About 2% of adults, predominantly women, have CAP (a much higher percentage of adults have some type of chronic GI symptoms, including nonulcer dyspepsia and various bowel disturbances).
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Media caption Stars of the theatre pay tribute to the Belfast-born actor Jimmy Ellis who died on Saturday at the age of 82. The Belfast-born actor Jimmy Ellis, best known for his roles in Z Cars and alongside a young Kenneth Branagh in BBC Northern Ireland's series of Billy plays, has died. Mr Ellis died from a stroke in Lincoln Hospital early on Saturday. He was 82. He began his acting career in 1952 at Belfast's Group Theatre before moving to England in the early 1960s. His first big break came when he was cast as Bert Lynch in police drama Z Cars, which ran from 1962 to 1978.