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Intestinal gas causes visceral pain through bowel distension and hypersensitivity
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Intestinal gas and bowel distension play a key role in triggering visceral pain, particularly in individuals with underlying visceral hypersensitivity such as those with irritable bowel syndrome.

Evidence for · 3
Colon Hypersensitivity to Distension, Rather Than Excessive Gas Production, Produces Carbohydrate-Related Symptoms in Individuals With Irritable Bowel Syndrome
2016 · cited by 290
Paper [3] demonstrates that carbohydrate-related symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome correlate with intraluminal gas and colonic sensitivity to distension.
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The retrieved literature consistently links intestinal gas, luminal distension, and visceral hypersensitivity as major mechanisms contributing to abdominal pain and discomfort in functional bowel disorders like irritable bowel syndrome.

More for · 2
An exaggerated sensory component of the gastrocolonic response in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
2001 · cited by 210
Paper [4] shows that patients with irritable bowel syndrome exhibit visceral hypersensitivity characterized by lowered thresholds to gas and balloon distension.
Precision Lactobacillus reuteri therapy attenuates luminal distension-associated visceral hypersensitivity by inducing peripheral opioid receptors in the colon
2020 · cited by 17
Paper [6] establishes that luminal distension directly induces visceral hypersensitivity in bowel disorders.
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first checked02 Aug 2026
judged → SUPPORTED · 9002 Aug 2026
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