Ethnicity & disease

IntroductionDefining the sites and mechanisms of nociception is an important step in understanding and treating pain. During inflammation, increased nociceptive input from an inflamed organ can sensitize neurons that receive convergent inpu…

In women, clinical studies suggest that functional pain syndromes such as irritable bowel syndrome, interstitial cystitis, and fibromyalgia, are co-morbid with endometriosis, chronic pelvic pain, and others diseases. One of the possible exp…