Monday, July 23, 2012
If you have ever been sunburned, then you have experienced hypersensitivity. Your skin was very sensitive to light touch, warm water and clothing for days. Well, imagine if that sensitivity was being experienced in your gut. Some people are troubled by such a problem called visceral hypersensitivity....
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This article is VERY interesting for folks like me with a lot of abdominal pain. I wonder if there is a connection between chronic Migraine and related gut symptoms, and visceral hypersensitivity. If the brain can suffer central sensitization resulting in allodynia, why couldn't the gut be affected too?? Ever hear of this kind of connection? Thoughts?
I know I had stomach pain issues for many years. I attribute all of them to medications I was taking for fibro and migraines. When I tried Topamax my stomach really was on fire. It took over two years for me to be able to eat normally again without pain. I was on Topamax for 6 months and lost quite a bit of weight. But the after effects really lasted. Now I am so careful. Eating is not fun when you get sick from everything.
Eventually, everything can become intertwined in the brain because the nervous system is the twine that connects everything. Migraine headaches can be connected to abdominal pain. So too could fibromyalgia be connected to abdominal pain. Or phantom pain. Or complex regional pain syndrome. All of these painful conditions have one thing in common: central sensitization. The alarm system has gone haywire and signals from the brain can be sent to all regions of the body.
Dr. Christina Lasich, MD