BACKGROUND/AIMS Visceral hypersensitivity is a feature of the irritable bowel syndrome
(IBS). Postprandial symptoms are common in these patients. The effects of nutrients on …

Food‐related gastrointestinal symptoms are common in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), but
the mechanisms behind this are unclear. Enhanced colorectal sensitivity after duodenal lipid …

BACKGROUND Visceral hypersensitivity is common in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
patients, and symptoms exacerbate postprandially. Yet the effects of nutrients on visceral …

Background & Aims: Duodenal lipid infusion increases colonic hypersensitivity in irritable
bowel syndrome (IBS). Whether this is affected by bowel habit, psychologic factors, or sex is …

Background & Aims: Lowered visceral perception thresholds have been suggested as a
biological marker of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The current study sought to determine …

Background & Aims: Diverging results exist regarding the connection between altered
visceral perception and gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, as well as the effects of …

Background Visceral hypersensitivity has been shown to be present in irritable bowel
syndrome (IBS). This study sought to investigate rectal sensitivity and abdominal symptoms …

Background and aims—Visceral hyperalgesia has been implicated as a factor contributing
to symptom generation in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). However, previous studies using …

Objective: Abdominal pain is thought to be a hallmark of the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS),
although currently used symptom criteria do not differentiate between abdominal pain and …

Alteration in visceral sensation locally at the site of presumed symptom origin in the
gastrointestinal tract has been proposed as an important etiopathological mechanism in the …