Central Sensitization and Psychosomatic Interaction

Abstract

Many patients complain of symptoms which cannot be attributed to any conventionally defined medical diseases. Such symptoms are called medical unexplained symptoms, and physical symptoms are called functional somatic syndromes. Recently, central sensitization syndromes have been proposed as a concept similar to functional somatic syndromes. Central sensitization is associated with pain, headache, abdominal pain, malaise, and insomnia.

In our study, we found that irritable bowel syndrome and migraine had a higher degree of central sensitization.