Mayank Gupta, Anand S Patil, Ahish Chitneni, Michael E Schatman, Hemant Kalia, Timothy R Deer, Dawood Sayed, Amol Soin, Ganesan Baranidharan, Peter Staats, Leonardo Kapural, Phani Ashok Attaluri, Paul Verrills, Sudhir Diwan, Danielle Levin, Nimisha Halder, Alaa A Abd-Elsayed
In this article, we propose a new diagnostic paradigm known as Chronic Abdominal Discomfort Syndrome (CADS). Patient's presentation centers around chronic abdominal pain not explained by acute pathology with or without accompanying dyspepsia, bloating, nausea and vomiting among other symptoms. The pathophysiology is noted to be neurogenic, possibly stemming from visceral sympathetic nerves or abdominal wall afferent nerves. Diagnosis is supported by signs or symptoms traversing clinical, diagnostic and functional criteria...
2024: Journal of Pain Research