Chronic Abdominal and Visceral Pain describes the most recent studies on the brain-gut connection and psychosocial issues related to patients experiencing visceral pain.

Features:

• Is the only book on the subject to cover both clinical syndromes and neurobiology
• Ranges from basic mechanisms to diagnosis and clinical treatment of specific syndromes including inflammatory bowel disease, functional abdominal pain, dyspepsia, non-cardiac chest pain, and pelvic pain syndromes
• Analyzes the latest scientific advances including the role of functional imaging in patient care
• Integrates fundamental scientific concepts with a practical clinical approach
• Supplies 250 figures, and more than 16 color photographs

Contents

Introduction and Overview of Visceral and Abdominal Pain

• Distinctive Clinical and Biological Characteristics of Visceral Pain
• Epidemiology and Socioeconomic Impact of Visceral and Abdominal Pain Syndromes

The Neurobiology and Psychobiology of Chronic Visceral Pain

• Overview of Pain and Sensitization
• Neuroanatomy of Visceral Pain: Pathways and Processes
• The Neurobiology of Visceral Nociceptors
• The Neurochemical and Molecular Basis of Peripheral Sensitization
• Spinal Mechanisms of Visceral Pain and Sensitization
• Animal Models of Visceral Pain: Methodology and Validity
• Measurement of Pain in Humans
• Mechanisms of Visceral Sensitization in Humans
• Visceral Pain: Lessons from Functional Brain Imaging
• The Neural Basis of Referred Pain
• From Sensation to Perception: The Gut-Brain Connectio
• Visceral Pain, Stress and the Brain-Gut Connection
• The Biopsychosocial Approach to Chronic Abdominal Pain
• Chronic Pain and Addiction

Therapy for Visceral Pain: Scientific Basis and Practical Aspects

• Molecular Targets: Current and Future
• Pharmacology and Practice of Non-Opioid Drugs for Visceral Pain
• Pharmacology and Practice of Opioid Drugs for Visceral Pain
• Clinical Approach and Management of Visceral Cancer Pain
• Neuromodulation Techniques for Visceral Pain from Benign Disorders
• Psychological Interventions for Patients with Abdominal Pain
• Complementary and Integrative Treatments for Visceral Pain
• Clinical Syndromes: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Functional Abdominal Pain Syndromes: Pathophysiology
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Functional Abdominal Pain Syndromes: Clinical Features and Management
• Non-Cardiac Chest Pain: Pathophysiology
• Non-Cardiac Chest Pain: Clinical Features and Management
• Dyspepsia: Pathophysiology
• Dyspepsia: Clinical Features and Management
• Painful Pancreatitis: Pathophysiology
• Abdominal Wall Pain Syndromes
• Unexplained Visceral Pain in Children
• Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction, Proctalgia Fugax and Other Rare Syndromes

Pelvic Pain Syndromes

• Pelvic Pain Syndromes: Pathophysiology
• Pelvic Pain Syndromes: Clinical Features and Management
• Interstitial Cystitis and Related Painful Bladder Syndromes: Pathophysiology

Index

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