September 25, 2015 - Functional Abdominal Disorders

Question 1

Organic vs Functional

Answer 1

Organic pertains to things that grow or cause diseases independently such as bacteria, cancer, or auto-immune diseases.

Functional pertains to a “dysfunction” such as problem with movement.

Question 2

Visceral Pain

Answer 2

Dully, poorly localized, and midline.

Question 3

Somatoparietal Pain

Answer 3

More intense, precisely localized. Often involving the parietal peritoneum. This is worse with movement.

Question 4

Referred Pain

Answer 4

Convergence of visceral afferants with somatic afferants from diffrerent area at the same spinal level. Well localized.

Question 5

Biopsychosocial Model

Answer 5

It is a mix of altered motility…

Altered sensation…

And psychosocial factors

Question 6

Gluten-Free Diet in Non-Celiac IBS

Answer 6

Have a modest improvement.

Question 7

FODMAPS Diet

Answer 7

Avoids carbohydrates that are poorly digested.

“Fermentable, oligo-, di-, mono-, and polyols.”