Are characteristics of abdominal pain helpful to identify patients with visceral hypersensitivity in irritable bowel syndrome? Results of a prospective study.

Chloé MelchiorL BrilAnne-Marie Leroi Guillaume GourcerolP Ducrotté

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2018)

The location of pain is different between hyper and normosensitive IBS patients. Pain located outside one of the two iliac fossa suggests that the patient is normosensitive.

Keyphrases

irritable bowel syndrome
chronic pain
abdominal pain
end stage renal disease
pain management
ejection fraction
neuropathic pain
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
case report
insulin resistance
type diabetes
patient reported outcomes
postoperative pain