Food and hypersensitivity in functional dyspepsia

It has long been known that stress affects both the stomach and colon, as shown by the very high prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms among patients with psychiatric illness. The source may be limbic or peripheral, involving encoded memories or physiological changes. It is important to realise th...

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Published in:Gut 2002-07, Vol.51 (suppl 1), p.i50-53
Main Author: Read, N W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Causes of
CCK
cholecystokinin
Compliance
Diet
Dyspepsia - physiopathology
Dyspepsia - psychology
Food
food allergy
Food Hypersensitivity - physiopathology
Food Hypersensitivity - psychology
functional dyspepsia
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Gastrointestinal Motility - physiology
Health aspects
Humans
IBS
Indigestion
Irritable bowel syndrome
Lipids
Meals
Medical sciences
Mind and body
Other diseases. Semiology
Patients
Physiology
Research Design
Sensation - physiology
Small intestine
Stomach
Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus
Stress (Physiology)
Stress, Psychological - physiopathology
Visceral Afferents - physiopathology
Visceral Perception
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Summary:It has long been known that stress affects both the stomach and colon, as shown by the very high prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms among patients with psychiatric illness. The source may be limbic or peripheral, involving encoded memories or physiological changes. It is important to realise that physical symptoms such as those of functional dyspepsia do not only mean that the patient has a stomach disorder which needs to be identified and treated with specific pharmacological remedies, they often represent, in metaphorical and symbolic form, a state of disharmony brought about a specific psychosocial situation. It is only when that situation is understood and acknowledged that the patient can begin to get better.
ISSN:0017-5749
1468-3288
1458-3288
DOI:10.1136/gut.51.suppl_1.i50