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Esophageal Pain.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Plural Publishing, Incorporated.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heartburn.
- Esophagus--Pathophysiology.
- Esophagus.
- Esophagus--Innervation.
- Esophagus--physiopathology.
- Pain.
- Medical Subjects:
- Esophagus--physiopathology.
- Heartburn.
- Pain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (212 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego : Plural Publishing, Incorporated, 2009.
- Summary:
- This book provides in-depth coverage of all aspects of esophageal pain. Chapters cover the scope of the problem; basic science with regards to the nature of neural pathways, receptors involved in sensing pain and the role of central nervous system in sensing the pain; different stimuli responsible for the genesis of esophageal pain, including the role of acid, muscle spasm and reflux; hypersensitivity of pain receptors, spinal nerves and central nervous system; and the state of the art in diagnosis and treatment strategies.
- Contents:
- Heartburn and esophageal pain : scope of the problem / John Dent
- Functional heartburn : what is it? / Ronnie Fass
- Nature of esophageal pain receptors / Amanda J. Page and Ashley Blackshaw
- Vagal and spinal distension sensitive primary afferents of the esophagus : implications for visceral nociceptors / Raj K. Goyal
- The esophageal mucosa and heartburn / Roy C. Orlando
- Neutral reflux (weakly acid) in typical and atypical GERD symptoms / Daniel Sifrim
- Longitudinal muscle contraction, TLESR, reflux & pain / Ravinder Mittal
- Biomechanics of sensation / Hans Gregersen and Asbjørn Mohr Drewes
- Molecular pathways and their sensitization / Pankaj Jay Pasricha
- Cortical processing of esophageal pain / Adeyemi Lawal and Reza Shaker
- Esophageal hypersensitivity : is it peripheral or central? / A. Sharma and Qasim Aziz
- Diagnostic strategy for esophageal pain / Peter J. Kahrilas
- How to treat esophageal chest pain / Satish S.C. Rao
- New drugs on the horizon for the treatment of esophageal pain / Anders Lehmann.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
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