title: Perception and the origin of symptoms in diverticular disease.
abstract: Colonic diverticulosis is a common condition and although the majority of patients are asymptomatic up to 20% experience altered bowel habit and abdominal pain. The mechanisms underlying these symptoms are unclear but several theories now exist. This article briefly outlines a model of GI perception and then highlights past and current theories that may explain the development of symptoms in patients with diverticulosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, University Hospital/QMC, Nottingham, UK. j.simpson@nottingham.ac.uk
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000473:pathology; D010465:Perception; D014781:Viscera / Q000473:pathology