Enteralgia

Enteralgia is muscle pain in and around the abdominal wall. This is a non-infectious phenomenon. The main symptoms are acute attacks of pain due to irritable bowel syndrome. Quite often they are accompanied by an unpleasant tint at the base of the tongue, which is felt either at the beginning of a meal, at the end, or not felt at all. About half of patients report excessive gas formation and diarrhea. Unlike ulcerative colitis, there is a tendency to constipation. The prevalence of enteralgia is only 3% of the population, but the disease has a huge impact on the patient’s quality of life.

Some authors argue that enteralgia in some cases can even be considered the equivalent of “fibromyalgia” and “polyneuropathy.” This is explained by the fact that this pathology is often accompanied by muscle spasms, as well as trophic disorders - in the form of capillaropathy. Long-term enteralgic abdominal pain is scientifically called “benign.”