Women with Gastrointestinal Symptoms

Gender differences in response to visceral pain have important implications for experimental studies and when evaluating clinical pain. Few studies have in details explored specific gender differences in response to experimental stimulation of selected visceral organs or specific visceral diseases. Lower pain threshold to e.g. oesophageal distension has however been shown in females. The effect of female sex hormones on visceral function and pain is studied in greater details in both experimental and clinical studies. Pronounced differences in pain sensitivity are found across the menstrual phases. This may also interact with pharmacological interventions. For clinicians assessing the pain level of female patients in the reproductive age group should take into consideration the physiological and clinical effects of the menstrual cycle and the somatic segmental sites related to the uterus and cervix when clinically evaluating the pain and assessing for disease activity.

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Visceral pain: gender differences in response to experimental and clinical pain

Arendt‐Nielsen

Bajaj

Drewes

2004

European Journal of Pain

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Anastasi¹,

Capili²

2001

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

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Clinical Pain Perception and Hormone Replacement Therapy in Postmenopausal Women Experiencing Orofacial Pain

Wise¹,

Riley²,

Robinson³

2000

The Clinical Journal of Pain

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This study is among the first to examine the relation between a woman's hormonal status and clinical pain perception and is the first to investigate the role of HRT in a postmenopausal woman's orofacial pain report in a clinical treatment setting. This area of inquiry is particularly salient given the high percentage of women who choose to initiate HRT either after hysterectomy or with the onset of menopause.

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Visceral pain: gender differences in response to experimental and clinical pain

Visceral pain: gender differences in response to experimental and clinical pain

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Clinical Pain Perception and Hormone Replacement Therapy in Postmenopausal Women Experiencing Orofacial Pain

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