Nature of intestinal pain

What is the nature of intestinal pain? 

  • The intestines themselves are insensate to direct pain from traumatic injury or inflammation.
  • However, intense pain can be elicited from stretching or distention, as well as contraction against resistance, as is seen in colicky pain from obstruction.
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