Visceral pain and sensitisation in women with dysmenorrhea: a narrative review
Visceral pain (VP), from internal organs, is one of the main reasons for health consultations and represents a source of chronic pain. It can provoke referred musculoskeletal pain, viscero-somatic pain, hyperalgesia, and allodynia. The objective of this narrative review is to analyse the underlying...
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| description | Visceral pain (VP), from internal organs, is one of the main reasons for health consultations and represents a source of chronic pain. It can provoke referred musculoskeletal pain, viscero-somatic pain, hyperalgesia, and allodynia. The objective of this narrative review is to analyse the underlying mechanisms of somatic reflexed VP and viscero-visceral sensitisation processes that can occur in women with dysmenorrhea. The affectation of one viscera can lead to a sensitisation in those where metameric innervation is shared. In women with dysmenorrhea and painful menstrual periods, some studies find a concomitance increase in gastrointestinal pathologies. VP is a source of chronic pain, that favours the perception of referred pain in tissues where metameric innervation is shared. Women with dysmenorrhea have more possibilities to develop gastrointestinal pathologies like irritable bowel syndrome. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4cacb59c93ec43a591b1980faa506f062025-01-27T10:42:58ZengTermedia Publishing HousePhysiotherapy Quarterly2544-43952024-12-0132471010.5114/pq/172013172013Visceral pain and sensitisation in women with dysmenorrhea: a narrative reviewZeltia Naia0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7878-4018Sergio Patiño-Núñez1Olalla Bello2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7846-3123Faculty of Physiotherapy, University of A Coruña, SpainFaculty of Physiotherapy, University of A Coruña, SpainFaculty of Physiotherapy, University of A Coruña, SpainVisceral pain (VP), from internal organs, is one of the main reasons for health consultations and represents a source of chronic pain. It can provoke referred musculoskeletal pain, viscero-somatic pain, hyperalgesia, and allodynia. The objective of this narrative review is to analyse the underlying mechanisms of somatic reflexed VP and viscero-visceral sensitisation processes that can occur in women with dysmenorrhea. The affectation of one viscera can lead to a sensitisation in those where metameric innervation is shared. In women with dysmenorrhea and painful menstrual periods, some studies find a concomitance increase in gastrointestinal pathologies. VP is a source of chronic pain, that favours the perception of referred pain in tissues where metameric innervation is shared. Women with dysmenorrhea have more possibilities to develop gastrointestinal pathologies like irritable bowel syndrome.https://physioquart.awf.wroc.pl/Visceral-pain-and-sensitisation-in-women-with-dysmenorrhea-a-narrative-review,172013,0,2.htmlvisceral painreferred paindysmenorrhea |
| spellingShingle | Zeltia Naia Sergio Patiño-Núñez Olalla Bello Visceral pain and sensitisation in women with dysmenorrhea: a narrative review Physiotherapy Quarterly visceral pain referred pain dysmenorrhea |
| title | Visceral pain and sensitisation in women with dysmenorrhea: a narrative review |
| title_full | Visceral pain and sensitisation in women with dysmenorrhea: a narrative review |
| title_fullStr | Visceral pain and sensitisation in women with dysmenorrhea: a narrative review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Visceral pain and sensitisation in women with dysmenorrhea: a narrative review |
| title_short | Visceral pain and sensitisation in women with dysmenorrhea: a narrative review |
| title_sort | visceral pain and sensitisation in women with dysmenorrhea a narrative review |
| topic | visceral pain referred pain dysmenorrhea |
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