Doreen Oneschuk
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198528067
- eISBN:
- 9780191730351
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198528067.003.0007
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making
This chapter focuses on malignant bowel obstruction (MBO), a common complication in women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer, and other gynaecological malignancies. MBO generally ...
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This chapter focuses on malignant bowel obstruction (MBO), a common complication in women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer, and other gynaecological malignancies. MBO generally afflicts 25–42 per cent of patients with advanced ovarian cancer, but rarely occurs in patients with endometrial cancer. MBO develops by the existence of mechanical obstruction from an extrinsic occlusion of the bowel lumen, intraluminal occlusion of the lumen, luminal obstruction due to tumour growth in the bowel wall, and adynamic ileus. Bowel obstruction can also be caused by other non-malignant factors such as adhesion, post-irridation bowel damage, hernias, and inflammatory bowel disease. Management of MBO includes pain management, pharmacological management, and non-pharmacological management. In patients with MBO, pharmacological treatment is generally successful. Only patients who are strictly considered as appropriate candidates for surgery and parenteral nutrition are given such treatments.Less
This chapter focuses on malignant bowel obstruction (MBO), a common complication in women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer, and other gynaecological malignancies. MBO generally afflicts 25–42 per cent of patients with advanced ovarian cancer, but rarely occurs in patients with endometrial cancer. MBO develops by the existence of mechanical obstruction from an extrinsic occlusion of the bowel lumen, intraluminal occlusion of the lumen, luminal obstruction due to tumour growth in the bowel wall, and adynamic ileus. Bowel obstruction can also be caused by other non-malignant factors such as adhesion, post-irridation bowel damage, hernias, and inflammatory bowel disease. Management of MBO includes pain management, pharmacological management, and non-pharmacological management. In patients with MBO, pharmacological treatment is generally successful. Only patients who are strictly considered as appropriate candidates for surgery and parenteral nutrition are given such treatments.
Julian C. Knight
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199227693
- eISBN:
- 9780191711015
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199227693.003.0009
- Subject:
- Biology, Evolutionary Biology / Genetics, Disease Ecology / Epidemiology
The extent of single nucleotide polymorphism is reviewed, together with insights gained into the nature of allelic architecture in terms of haplotypes, linkage disequilibrium and recombination. The ...
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The extent of single nucleotide polymorphism is reviewed, together with insights gained into the nature of allelic architecture in terms of haplotypes, linkage disequilibrium and recombination. The utility of SNPs in defining genetic determinants of common disease is discussed including the rationale, results and diverse applications of the International HapMap Project. The recent development and application of genome-wide association studies is reviewed including the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium study of seven common diseases. Issues relating to design, analysis and interpretation of such studies are described. A detailed review of age-related macular degeneration and inflammatory bowel disease is presented, two common multifactorial diseases where genome-wide association studies have recently enjoyed considerable success. Research in these diseases illustrates the timeline of different approaches used in defining genetic determinants of common disease and how such analyses can provide novel insights into disease pathogenesis.Less
The extent of single nucleotide polymorphism is reviewed, together with insights gained into the nature of allelic architecture in terms of haplotypes, linkage disequilibrium and recombination. The utility of SNPs in defining genetic determinants of common disease is discussed including the rationale, results and diverse applications of the International HapMap Project. The recent development and application of genome-wide association studies is reviewed including the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium study of seven common diseases. Issues relating to design, analysis and interpretation of such studies are described. A detailed review of age-related macular degeneration and inflammatory bowel disease is presented, two common multifactorial diseases where genome-wide association studies have recently enjoyed considerable success. Research in these diseases illustrates the timeline of different approaches used in defining genetic determinants of common disease and how such analyses can provide novel insights into disease pathogenesis.
Pamela J. Hornby and Paul R. Wade
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195306637
- eISBN:
- 9780199894130
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195306637.003.0014
- Subject:
- Neuroscience, Neuroendocrine and Autonomic
This chapter builds on a basic understanding of the central nervous system (CNS) as coordinator of regional gastrointestinal (GI) tract reflexes. The dorsal vagal complex in the CNS permissively ...
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This chapter builds on a basic understanding of the central nervous system (CNS) as coordinator of regional gastrointestinal (GI) tract reflexes. The dorsal vagal complex in the CNS permissively governs the largely autonomous control by the enteric nervous system (ENS) of functions such as absorption, secretion and motility. The CNS actively coordinates voluntary and autonomic communication for complex behavioral functions, such as swallowing, emesis and defecation. The CNS and ENS communicate with inflammatory cells, endocrine cells and microbiota to maintain GI homeostasis and their dysfunction can give rise to clinical disorders. For example, stress or enteritis may predispose individuals to Irritable Bowel Syndrome in which altered bowel function is accompanied by visceral pain. Neural modulation of immune cells and release of inflammatory mediators may contribute to Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Thus, the bi-directional brain-gut axis maintains GI health and its perturbation contributes to GI disorders.Less
This chapter builds on a basic understanding of the central nervous system (CNS) as coordinator of regional gastrointestinal (GI) tract reflexes. The dorsal vagal complex in the CNS permissively governs the largely autonomous control by the enteric nervous system (ENS) of functions such as absorption, secretion and motility. The CNS actively coordinates voluntary and autonomic communication for complex behavioral functions, such as swallowing, emesis and defecation. The CNS and ENS communicate with inflammatory cells, endocrine cells and microbiota to maintain GI homeostasis and their dysfunction can give rise to clinical disorders. For example, stress or enteritis may predispose individuals to Irritable Bowel Syndrome in which altered bowel function is accompanied by visceral pain. Neural modulation of immune cells and release of inflammatory mediators may contribute to Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Thus, the bi-directional brain-gut axis maintains GI health and its perturbation contributes to GI disorders.
Fabrizio Benedetti
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199559121
- eISBN:
- 9780191724022
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199559121.003.0008
- Subject:
- Neuroscience, Molecular and Cellular Systems
Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the best models of gastrointestinal disorders to use as a model for understanding placebo mechanisms. Several brain regions are inhibited by a placebo treatment in ...
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Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the best models of gastrointestinal disorders to use as a model for understanding placebo mechanisms. Several brain regions are inhibited by a placebo treatment in patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome. In general, gastrointestinal symptoms can be conditioned, which indicates that learning may play an important role. Subjective symptoms are more affected than objective symptoms in genitourinary disorders. In addition, expectation is known to be crucially involved in sexual functions.Less
Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the best models of gastrointestinal disorders to use as a model for understanding placebo mechanisms. Several brain regions are inhibited by a placebo treatment in patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome. In general, gastrointestinal symptoms can be conditioned, which indicates that learning may play an important role. Subjective symptoms are more affected than objective symptoms in genitourinary disorders. In addition, expectation is known to be crucially involved in sexual functions.
Rebecca Anne Barr, Sylvie Kleiman-Lafton, and Sophie Vasset (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781526127051
- eISBN:
- 9781526138682
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9781526127051.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
This collection of essays seeks to complicate the notion of the supremacy of the brain as the key organ of the Enlightenment, by focusing on the workings of the bowels and viscera that obsessed ...
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This collection of essays seeks to complicate the notion of the supremacy of the brain as the key organ of the Enlightenment, by focusing on the workings of the bowels and viscera that obsessed writers and thinkers during the long eighteenth century. These inner organs and their mysterious processes of digestion acted as complicating counterpoints to politeness and modes of refined sociability, drawing attention to the deeper, more fundamental, workings of the self. In a form of ‘history from below’, the volume situates the period’s preoccupations with waste, dirt, and detritus within the context of cultures seeking to understand their material dynamics. The collection presents new research on eighteenth-century literature, urban and material history; art history; and the medical humanities. Focussing on bellies, bowels, and entrails, both as recurring tropes and as objects of medical and scientific knowledge, these essays explore the manifold conceptions and understandings of the viscera. This volume analyses how the period probed their inner depths to try and incorporate, rather than simply reject, their material essence.Less
This collection of essays seeks to complicate the notion of the supremacy of the brain as the key organ of the Enlightenment, by focusing on the workings of the bowels and viscera that obsessed writers and thinkers during the long eighteenth century. These inner organs and their mysterious processes of digestion acted as complicating counterpoints to politeness and modes of refined sociability, drawing attention to the deeper, more fundamental, workings of the self. In a form of ‘history from below’, the volume situates the period’s preoccupations with waste, dirt, and detritus within the context of cultures seeking to understand their material dynamics. The collection presents new research on eighteenth-century literature, urban and material history; art history; and the medical humanities. Focussing on bellies, bowels, and entrails, both as recurring tropes and as objects of medical and scientific knowledge, these essays explore the manifold conceptions and understandings of the viscera. This volume analyses how the period probed their inner depths to try and incorporate, rather than simply reject, their material essence.
Peter Hoskin and Wendy Makin
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780192628114
- eISBN:
- 9780191730115
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192628114.003.0008
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Pain Management and Palliative Pharmacology
This chapter discusses colorectal cancer, which is the second most common malignancy in the United Kingdom. It has an incidence of 30,000 cases annually and is the cause of the deaths of over 20,000 ...
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This chapter discusses colorectal cancer, which is the second most common malignancy in the United Kingdom. It has an incidence of 30,000 cases annually and is the cause of the deaths of over 20,000 people per year. The risk of developing colorectal cancer increases with age, with sharp probability from the age of 50 onwards. Colorectal cancer, or bowel cancer, develops by a sequence of events, from dysplasia through malignant transformation within the adenomatous polyp. This process is often linked with predisposing genetic factors and exposure to environmental carcinogens. This cancer is predominant in people with familial polyposis coli as well as hereditary non-polyposis colon cancers (HNCC). However, 25 per cent of colorectal cancer and polyposis is attributed to spontaneous genetic mutation and not family history. Other discussions in the chapter are the pathology of bowel cancer, management strategies of early-diagnosed colorectal disease, problems associated with recurrent and late-diagnosed colorectal disease, and palliation of late-diagnosed bowel cancer.Less
This chapter discusses colorectal cancer, which is the second most common malignancy in the United Kingdom. It has an incidence of 30,000 cases annually and is the cause of the deaths of over 20,000 people per year. The risk of developing colorectal cancer increases with age, with sharp probability from the age of 50 onwards. Colorectal cancer, or bowel cancer, develops by a sequence of events, from dysplasia through malignant transformation within the adenomatous polyp. This process is often linked with predisposing genetic factors and exposure to environmental carcinogens. This cancer is predominant in people with familial polyposis coli as well as hereditary non-polyposis colon cancers (HNCC). However, 25 per cent of colorectal cancer and polyposis is attributed to spontaneous genetic mutation and not family history. Other discussions in the chapter are the pathology of bowel cancer, management strategies of early-diagnosed colorectal disease, problems associated with recurrent and late-diagnosed colorectal disease, and palliation of late-diagnosed bowel cancer.
Paul Glare, Andrew Dickman, and Margaret Goodman
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198509332
- eISBN:
- 9780191730177
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198509332.003.0003
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Pain Management and Palliative Pharmacology
This chapter discusses symptom control in care of the dying. It is divided into three sections, each of which is written by a single author. The first section, written by Paul Glare, looks at the ...
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This chapter discusses symptom control in care of the dying. It is divided into three sections, each of which is written by a single author. The first section, written by Paul Glare, looks at the influence of the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) on symptom control, and the most common symptoms found in a dying patient. Pain management and managing agitation in dying patients are also studied. Andrew Dickman is the author of the second section, which focuses on the use of syringe drivers and managing respiratory tract secretions and dyspnoea in dying patients. Finally, the third section is prepared by Margaret Goodman, and it studies bowel care, micturition difficulties, mouth care, and mobility or pressure area care. Deciding when to stop administering nursing interventions is also discussed.Less
This chapter discusses symptom control in care of the dying. It is divided into three sections, each of which is written by a single author. The first section, written by Paul Glare, looks at the influence of the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) on symptom control, and the most common symptoms found in a dying patient. Pain management and managing agitation in dying patients are also studied. Andrew Dickman is the author of the second section, which focuses on the use of syringe drivers and managing respiratory tract secretions and dyspnoea in dying patients. Finally, the third section is prepared by Margaret Goodman, and it studies bowel care, micturition difficulties, mouth care, and mobility or pressure area care. Deciding when to stop administering nursing interventions is also discussed.
Russell K. Portenoy and Eduardo Bruera
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195130652
- eISBN:
- 9780199999842
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195130652.003.0003
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Palliative Medicine Research, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making
Pain control is a primary goal of palliative care. The World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for pain control specify an escalating series of therapies, but the ultimate resource for the control ...
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Pain control is a primary goal of palliative care. The World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for pain control specify an escalating series of therapies, but the ultimate resource for the control of severe pain remains the opioids. Forty to forty-five percent of patients presenting for hospice care complain of constipation on admission. Work is needed to define the mechanisms by which opioids produce constipation. The secondary effects of opioid receptor activation also may be further defined and present new opportunities for pharmacological intervention. Those developing opioid alternatives, especially opioids with differing receptor affinities, have been unable to separate the analgesic properties from the side effects of opioids. Methods to optimize opioid use and traditional bowel care methods are being examined, but it is difficult at times to compare the results of interventions as the model and definition of success vary widely between publications.Less
Pain control is a primary goal of palliative care. The World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for pain control specify an escalating series of therapies, but the ultimate resource for the control of severe pain remains the opioids. Forty to forty-five percent of patients presenting for hospice care complain of constipation on admission. Work is needed to define the mechanisms by which opioids produce constipation. The secondary effects of opioid receptor activation also may be further defined and present new opportunities for pharmacological intervention. Those developing opioid alternatives, especially opioids with differing receptor affinities, have been unable to separate the analgesic properties from the side effects of opioids. Methods to optimize opioid use and traditional bowel care methods are being examined, but it is difficult at times to compare the results of interventions as the model and definition of success vary widely between publications.
S. Lawrence Librach, A. Nina Horvath, and E. Anne Langlois
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199694143
- eISBN:
- 9780191739255
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199694143.003.0065
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making
This chapter explains via a case study the desired skills, attitudes, and knowledge necessary to diagnose and manage malignant bowel obstruction (MBO). It addresses several questions such as: What is ...
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This chapter explains via a case study the desired skills, attitudes, and knowledge necessary to diagnose and manage malignant bowel obstruction (MBO). It addresses several questions such as: What is the likelihood that the patient will develop bowel obstruction at some time during her cancer journey? What is the pathophysiology of MBO? What are the common symptoms of MBO? What are the indications for and outcomes of surgery in patients with MBO?Less
This chapter explains via a case study the desired skills, attitudes, and knowledge necessary to diagnose and manage malignant bowel obstruction (MBO). It addresses several questions such as: What is the likelihood that the patient will develop bowel obstruction at some time during her cancer journey? What is the pathophysiology of MBO? What are the common symptoms of MBO? What are the indications for and outcomes of surgery in patients with MBO?
James L. Hallenbeck
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195165784
- eISBN:
- 9780199999897
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195165784.003.0005
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Pain Management and Palliative Pharmacology
This chapter discusses the management of non-pain symptoms in terminally ill patients. These symptoms include nausea and vomiting, constipation, bowel obstruction, dyspnea, and cachexia. The chapter ...
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This chapter discusses the management of non-pain symptoms in terminally ill patients. These symptoms include nausea and vomiting, constipation, bowel obstruction, dyspnea, and cachexia. The chapter explains the pathophysiology, principles of therapy and recommended treatment for each of these symptoms. It also suggests that palliative care should not be so much about what the practitioners do as about why they do it.Less
This chapter discusses the management of non-pain symptoms in terminally ill patients. These symptoms include nausea and vomiting, constipation, bowel obstruction, dyspnea, and cachexia. The chapter explains the pathophysiology, principles of therapy and recommended treatment for each of these symptoms. It also suggests that palliative care should not be so much about what the practitioners do as about why they do it.
Michael Farrell, Alison Cassin, and Rebecca Wilhelm
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780199398911
- eISBN:
- 9780199398942
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199398911.003.0035
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter discusses gastrointestinal disorders of infancy and childhood, including biochemical and clinical abnormalities and factors to be considered in nutritional evaluation. Management of ...
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This chapter discusses gastrointestinal disorders of infancy and childhood, including biochemical and clinical abnormalities and factors to be considered in nutritional evaluation. Management of gastroesophageal reflux, liver disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and short bowel syndrome are specifically discussed, as are vitamin supplementation and enteral and parental nutrition.Less
This chapter discusses gastrointestinal disorders of infancy and childhood, including biochemical and clinical abnormalities and factors to be considered in nutritional evaluation. Management of gastroesophageal reflux, liver disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and short bowel syndrome are specifically discussed, as are vitamin supplementation and enteral and parental nutrition.
Marnie Duncan and Angelo A. Izzo
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- January 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199662685
- eISBN:
- 9780191787560
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199662685.003.0012
- Subject:
- Neuroscience, Sensory and Motor Systems, Behavioral Neuroscience
The plant Cannabis, which has been traditionally employed for the treatment of gastrointestinal ailments, contains both psychotropic phytocannabinoids, such as Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and ...
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The plant Cannabis, which has been traditionally employed for the treatment of gastrointestinal ailments, contains both psychotropic phytocannabinoids, such as Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and nonpsychotropic phytocannabinoids (e.g. cannabidiol, cannabigerol, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabivarin, and cannabichromene). Such phytocannabinoids have been shown to modulate, through different mechanisms, a number of gastrointestinal functions, including gastric acid secretion, intestinal motility, visceral sensation, inflammation, and cell proliferation. This chapter focuses on the pharmacology and the potential therapeutic application of Cannabis-derived cannabinoids (phytocannabinoids) in gastrointestinal diseases, with a special reference to irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, and colon cancer.Less
The plant Cannabis, which has been traditionally employed for the treatment of gastrointestinal ailments, contains both psychotropic phytocannabinoids, such as Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and nonpsychotropic phytocannabinoids (e.g. cannabidiol, cannabigerol, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabivarin, and cannabichromene). Such phytocannabinoids have been shown to modulate, through different mechanisms, a number of gastrointestinal functions, including gastric acid secretion, intestinal motility, visceral sensation, inflammation, and cell proliferation. This chapter focuses on the pharmacology and the potential therapeutic application of Cannabis-derived cannabinoids (phytocannabinoids) in gastrointestinal diseases, with a special reference to irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, and colon cancer.
Qasim Aziz and James K. Ruffle
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- November 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780198811930
- eISBN:
- 9780191850080
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198811930.003.0005
- Subject:
- Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience
“It’s a gut feeling.” Indeed, how and why do we get “gut feelings?” After the brain, the gut is the second most innervated bodily organ, diffusely interconnected with gastrointestinal afferent ...
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“It’s a gut feeling.” Indeed, how and why do we get “gut feelings?” After the brain, the gut is the second most innervated bodily organ, diffusely interconnected with gastrointestinal afferent neurons. Whilst sensory neurons from the gut ascend by means of the spinal cord and vagal nerve to subcortical and higher cortical areas of the brain, caudally descending motor efferents from brain to gut seek to modulate gastrointestinal function. Such is the construct of the “brain–gut axis,” a bi-directional body nexus permitting constant information transfer between both brain and gut so as to provide us with visceral interoception. This chapter reviews the neurobiology of gut feelings and discuss their role in both physical and mental health and disease.Less
“It’s a gut feeling.” Indeed, how and why do we get “gut feelings?” After the brain, the gut is the second most innervated bodily organ, diffusely interconnected with gastrointestinal afferent neurons. Whilst sensory neurons from the gut ascend by means of the spinal cord and vagal nerve to subcortical and higher cortical areas of the brain, caudally descending motor efferents from brain to gut seek to modulate gastrointestinal function. Such is the construct of the “brain–gut axis,” a bi-directional body nexus permitting constant information transfer between both brain and gut so as to provide us with visceral interoception. This chapter reviews the neurobiology of gut feelings and discuss their role in both physical and mental health and disease.
Gilles Thomas
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781526127051
- eISBN:
- 9781526138682
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9781526127051.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
This chapter explores the catacombs and sewers of Paris: a maze of underground galleries that were essential to the proper functioning of the city above them. They create a vast network that resemble ...
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This chapter explores the catacombs and sewers of Paris: a maze of underground galleries that were essential to the proper functioning of the city above them. They create a vast network that resemble the vascular, respiratory and digestive systems of the human body. Unlike London, Paris was built with the very material taken from what later became the hole-ridden foundations of the city. To prevent Paris from collapsing, Louis XVI created an administration for the inspection and maintenance of the disused underground quarries of the city and its suburbs. At the same time, the Parisians increasingly complained and petitioned against the pestilential air exhaled by the city’s graveyards, as their grounds were as swollen as the belly of a corpse under the pressure of the gases of decomposition. This led to the closure of the graveyards and the relocation of the remains in the underground ossuary of Montsouris.Less
This chapter explores the catacombs and sewers of Paris: a maze of underground galleries that were essential to the proper functioning of the city above them. They create a vast network that resemble the vascular, respiratory and digestive systems of the human body. Unlike London, Paris was built with the very material taken from what later became the hole-ridden foundations of the city. To prevent Paris from collapsing, Louis XVI created an administration for the inspection and maintenance of the disused underground quarries of the city and its suburbs. At the same time, the Parisians increasingly complained and petitioned against the pestilential air exhaled by the city’s graveyards, as their grounds were as swollen as the belly of a corpse under the pressure of the gases of decomposition. This led to the closure of the graveyards and the relocation of the remains in the underground ossuary of Montsouris.
Jacques Gélis
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781526127051
- eISBN:
- 9781526138682
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9781526127051.003.0016
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
This article explores the texts and visual representations of the ‘saints of the bowels’ in order to establish an anthropological classification of aching bellies in early-modern France. A web of ...
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This article explores the texts and visual representations of the ‘saints of the bowels’ in order to establish an anthropological classification of aching bellies in early-modern France. A web of symbols is found in the materiality of the viscera. Thus, this article argues that representations of the belly as cave-like mirrors some images of the bowels of the earth. The “Saints of the Entrails”, St Erasmus and St Mammes, and Saint Elmo, all of whom were eviscerated during their martyrdom, represented many popular beliefs of rural communities who conflated images of the soil and images of the belly.Less
This article explores the texts and visual representations of the ‘saints of the bowels’ in order to establish an anthropological classification of aching bellies in early-modern France. A web of symbols is found in the materiality of the viscera. Thus, this article argues that representations of the belly as cave-like mirrors some images of the bowels of the earth. The “Saints of the Entrails”, St Erasmus and St Mammes, and Saint Elmo, all of whom were eviscerated during their martyrdom, represented many popular beliefs of rural communities who conflated images of the soil and images of the belly.
Stefan Ecks
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814724767
- eISBN:
- 9780814760307
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814724767.003.0005
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Medical Anthropology
This chapter shows how Calcutta psychiatrists position themselves vis-á-vis popular “superstitions” about psychopharmaceuticals, general physicians, practitioners of nonbiomedical treatments, and the ...
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This chapter shows how Calcutta psychiatrists position themselves vis-á-vis popular “superstitions” about psychopharmaceuticals, general physicians, practitioners of nonbiomedical treatments, and the pharmaceutical industry. Psychiatrists have shared the notion that Bengalis are too focused on their digestion, with the general opinion being that Bengalis take this concern to the extreme. For the doctors—almost all of whom are Bengalis themselves—“bowel obsession” is a cluster of ideas and practices that are centered on the fixed notion that if the belly is healthy, the whole body will be healthy, too. In that vein, the chapter reveals how psychiatrists try to manage “doctor-shopping” and overcome nonadherence to treatments, and focuses on how neurochemical imbalances are likened to humoral imbalances.Less
This chapter shows how Calcutta psychiatrists position themselves vis-á-vis popular “superstitions” about psychopharmaceuticals, general physicians, practitioners of nonbiomedical treatments, and the pharmaceutical industry. Psychiatrists have shared the notion that Bengalis are too focused on their digestion, with the general opinion being that Bengalis take this concern to the extreme. For the doctors—almost all of whom are Bengalis themselves—“bowel obsession” is a cluster of ideas and practices that are centered on the fixed notion that if the belly is healthy, the whole body will be healthy, too. In that vein, the chapter reveals how psychiatrists try to manage “doctor-shopping” and overcome nonadherence to treatments, and focuses on how neurochemical imbalances are likened to humoral imbalances.
Benedetti Fabrizio
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- October 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780198705086
- eISBN:
- 9780191789151
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198705086.003.0009
- Subject:
- Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Molecular and Cellular Systems
Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the best models of gastrointestinal disorders to understand placebo mechanisms. Several brain regions are inhibited by a placebo treatment in patients suffering ...
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Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the best models of gastrointestinal disorders to understand placebo mechanisms. Several brain regions are inhibited by a placebo treatment in patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome. In general, gastrointestinal symptoms can be conditioned, which indicates that learning may play an important role. Subjective symptoms are more affected than objective symptoms in genitourinary disorders. In addition, expectation is known to be crucially involved in sexual functions. In spite of the widespread occurrence of placebo effects in both gastrointestinal and genitourinary disorders, little is known about the underlying biological mechanisms, and this may represent a promising area for future research.Less
Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the best models of gastrointestinal disorders to understand placebo mechanisms. Several brain regions are inhibited by a placebo treatment in patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome. In general, gastrointestinal symptoms can be conditioned, which indicates that learning may play an important role. Subjective symptoms are more affected than objective symptoms in genitourinary disorders. In addition, expectation is known to be crucially involved in sexual functions. In spite of the widespread occurrence of placebo effects in both gastrointestinal and genitourinary disorders, little is known about the underlying biological mechanisms, and this may represent a promising area for future research.
Patricia J. Becker, Alison Cassin, and Scott Pentiuk
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780199398911
- eISBN:
- 9780199398942
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199398911.003.0050
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter discusses lactose intolerance, including biochemical abnormalities and factors to be considered in nutritional evaluation. The diagnosis and dietary management of lactose digestion and ...
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This chapter discusses lactose intolerance, including biochemical abnormalities and factors to be considered in nutritional evaluation. The diagnosis and dietary management of lactose digestion and absorption, primary lactose intolerance, lactase persistence and nonpersistence, and secondary lactose intolerance are described. Acute gastroenteritis, cow’s milk enteropathy, short bowel syndrome, lactose deficiency due to other gastrointestinal conditions, and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth are specifically discussed.Less
This chapter discusses lactose intolerance, including biochemical abnormalities and factors to be considered in nutritional evaluation. The diagnosis and dietary management of lactose digestion and absorption, primary lactose intolerance, lactase persistence and nonpersistence, and secondary lactose intolerance are described. Acute gastroenteritis, cow’s milk enteropathy, short bowel syndrome, lactose deficiency due to other gastrointestinal conditions, and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth are specifically discussed.
Michael Oriard
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807871560
- eISBN:
- 9781469604992
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807899656_oriard.8
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
The chapter looks in detail at the marketing and branding of NFL football. It looks into the shift in the image of football from a sport to a brand and entertainment product. It discusses the ...
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The chapter looks in detail at the marketing and branding of NFL football. It looks into the shift in the image of football from a sport to a brand and entertainment product. It discusses the significance of hiring Sara Levinson, former copresident of MTV, as the new president of NFL Properties. It presents an overview on various topics including the Iron John Super Bowl, the traditional masculine image of football, the harassment of Lisa Olson, and “Guy Culture”. It examines Levinson's research-driven marketing and branding approaches. A series of campaigns were developed to appeal and trigger passion among fans. The chapter also provides an insight into the reorganization of the NFL which was triggered by the resignation of Levinson.Less
The chapter looks in detail at the marketing and branding of NFL football. It looks into the shift in the image of football from a sport to a brand and entertainment product. It discusses the significance of hiring Sara Levinson, former copresident of MTV, as the new president of NFL Properties. It presents an overview on various topics including the Iron John Super Bowl, the traditional masculine image of football, the harassment of Lisa Olson, and “Guy Culture”. It examines Levinson's research-driven marketing and branding approaches. A series of campaigns were developed to appeal and trigger passion among fans. The chapter also provides an insight into the reorganization of the NFL which was triggered by the resignation of Levinson.
Beci Carver
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- December 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780198709923
- eISBN:
- 9780191780196
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198709923.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century and Contemporary Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism
In reading Arnold Geulincx in the bowels of Trinity library in Dublin in the 1930s, Beckett became distracted by the resemblance between his metaphors and those of contemporary laxative adverts. This ...
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In reading Arnold Geulincx in the bowels of Trinity library in Dublin in the 1930s, Beckett became distracted by the resemblance between his metaphors and those of contemporary laxative adverts. This chapter uses the points of contact between Beckett’s philosophical and scatological thinking as a way into analysing the association between overthinking and digestive malfunction in Watt (1953). The first sections establish the interdependence of Beckett’s ideas of thinking and shitting in his other fiction, poems and letters. The chapter then moves on to relate the emphasis on futility which distinguishes Watt from its predecessors-or ‘precipitates’; a scatological word in Beckett-his discovery of Geulincx in 1936, his memory of W. R. Bion (whose theory of ‘thinking’ is Geulincxian in its conception of thought as a burden), and his intellectual sympathy with the French existentialists, and Camus in particular-who was also miscellaneously fascinated by laxative adverts.Less
In reading Arnold Geulincx in the bowels of Trinity library in Dublin in the 1930s, Beckett became distracted by the resemblance between his metaphors and those of contemporary laxative adverts. This chapter uses the points of contact between Beckett’s philosophical and scatological thinking as a way into analysing the association between overthinking and digestive malfunction in Watt (1953). The first sections establish the interdependence of Beckett’s ideas of thinking and shitting in his other fiction, poems and letters. The chapter then moves on to relate the emphasis on futility which distinguishes Watt from its predecessors-or ‘precipitates’; a scatological word in Beckett-his discovery of Geulincx in 1936, his memory of W. R. Bion (whose theory of ‘thinking’ is Geulincxian in its conception of thought as a burden), and his intellectual sympathy with the French existentialists, and Camus in particular-who was also miscellaneously fascinated by laxative adverts.
