Chronic Visceral Pain and Discomforts

Causes of visceral pain & discomforts

• Peripheral neuropathy
• Enteric sensory neurons sensitization
• Dorsal horn sensory neurons sensitization

Diagnosis of visceral pain & discomforts

• Exclusion of structural and biochemical alterations
• Endoluminal distension tests
• Manometry + provocative tests

Management of visceral pain & discomforts

• Antispasmodics
• Drugs acting on the enteric sensory neurons
• Drugs acting supraspinally
• Tricyclic antidepressants
• anxiolytics
• Liquid levodopa

 

Other neurological disorders

• Gastric stasis *