Visceral pain results from the activation of nociceptors in the viscera (organs) of the pelvis, chest, or abdomen. Visceral structures are very sensitive to stretching (stretching), inflammation, and ischemia, but moderately sensitive to other stimuli that often cause pain such as burning or cutting. Symptoms of visceral pain include vomiting, nausea, changes in vital signs, and emotional manifestations. Pregabalin or gabapentin are some drugs used to treat visceral pain. Visceral pain is defined as internal pain caused by inflammation of internal organs such as the uterus, stomach, rectum, and bladder. This inflammation is caused by several factors such as infection, trauma, and external or internal injuries to internal organs. Visceral pain varies in intensity from sharp, constant, or occasionally deep, like urgent at the body.
Market Dynamics
Increasing number of treatments of visceral pain are expected to drive the global visceral pain treatment market growth. For instance, on December 31, 2022, American Journal of Physiology published an article stating there are few effective treatments for chronic pain. The opioid crisis emphasizes the urgent need to clarify the mechanisms of chronic pain and to develop new forms of treatment that do not have the unacceptable side effects of opioids. Acute pain is a physiological process that is necessary for survival because it allows the awareness and avoidance of injury. Chronic pain can accompany disease (e.g., cancer, inflammatory diseases, functional GI disorders, and diabetes), injury (e.g., neurotrauma) and therapy (e.g., chemotherapy), and can persist after patient the patient is healed. In the visceral organs, pain receptors are not as closely packed and not as evenly spread out as in other organs, which makes the pain’s origin much harder to pinpoint and treat.
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