Pain in IBD Patients: Very Frequent and Frequently Insufficiently Taken into Account.

Pain is a common symptom related to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In addition to abdominal pain, pain can also be an extraintestinal manifestation of IBD. Pain treatment is challenging and a substantial part of IBD patients are treated with opioids. Therefore, a better knowledge on pain symptoms...

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Main Authors: Jonas Zeitz, Melike Ak, Séverine Müller-Mottet, Sylvie Scharl, Luc Biedermann, Nicolas Fournier, Pascal Frei, Valerie Pittet, Michael Scharl, Michael Fried, Gerhard Rogler, Stephan Vavricka, Swiss IBD Cohort Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4917102?pdf=render