Chronic Abdominal Pain

Chronic Abdominal Pain is a type of pain that has existed for more than 6 months and is associated with no specific evidence of a particular disease or condition. This pain is neither associated with bodily functions like bowel movements, eating or menstruation; nor is it associated with medication or toxin. Chronic Abdominal Pain can be categorized into Non-Cancer related abdominal pain, or Cancer-related Abdominal Pain.

Pain receptors in the abdomen respond to mechanical and chemical stimuli. Stretch is the principal mechanical stimulus involved in visceral pain and is brought on by distension and contraction. Different types of chemical and physical causes can work together to make you feel abdominal pain and the threshold for perceiving pain varies among patients. Chronic pain may be triggered by an initial insult, and for some people, normal physiological processes such as digesting food can be felt as painful. Visceral hyperalgesia may predispose to chronic pain even after the initial cause has resolved.

Pain originating in the organ walls can often be perceived to come from a distant site, this is known as referred pain. Referred pain usually is located in the skin’s dermatomes at the causative organ’s spinal levels, or can be from an organ pushing on a nerve that travels elsewhere in the body and causes pain at the distal site. A classic example of this pain is an inflamed gallbladder being perceived as aching scapula (posterior shoulder).

Cancer-related Chronic Abdominal Pain

If your chronic abdominal pain is related to cancer, some treatments that could decrease the intensity of your pain are:

Intra-thecal pumps for pain medication
Celiac plexus block
Splanchnic nerve block
Spinal Cord Stimulators implant

How can this be treated?

Intra-thecal pumps for pain medication
Celiac plexus block
Splanchnic nerve block
Spinal Cord Stimulators implant

Non-cancer Related Chronic Abdominal Pain

Sources of this abdominal pain could be chronic pancreatitis, prior abdominal surgeries or trauma-related injury.These causes of chronic pain can still be debilitating and deserve a thorough diagnostic approach to treatment and long-term management. This includes pain that has been present for longer than two months and is not associated with organic pain causes, and pain caused by chronic bloating, constipation, etc.

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   Toni Seyhun 
 May 15, 2023
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I started seeing Dr Kneeman a few months ago. He is kind and listens to you. I've had the best experience with him. Just had a spinal injection and he made sure I was not uncomfortable.  He is the best!
  
 
       
   Deborah Spindler 
 February 14, 2023
 
 
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   Ally Ludlum 
 December 9, 2022
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Dr. Kneeman took over my care about a year ago, though I have been under KPA's care for about 6 years now.

I started with Dr. Gupta.  I had been unable to work due to Occipital Neuralgia (diagnosed just before I came to Dr. Gupta), and Dr. Gupta got me back to work in about 3 years, which was an amazing feat!

With my treatment plan in place, and Dr. Gupta spending less time at the pain clinic in Ottawa, I started seeing others in his practice.  They were great doctors!  But I never felt the same level of engagement with them as I had felt with Dr. Gupta.

Then I found Dr. Kneeman!!

I am always a nervous wreck when I see someone new, but Dr. Kneeman is awesome!  Calm as a cucumber while still being very engaged!  He's very thorough and very practiced with the tools of his trade!

When we decided it was time to renew my RFA (radiofrequency ablation) and we went to do the nerve-block tests, Dr. Kneeman prevented me from experiencing potentially terrifying side-effects!

There had been a miscommunication from the last time I had nerve block done (not with KPM) and I was not supposed to be taking OTC aspirin for a week prior to the blocks!  (Which I had been as I had no idea!)

Dr. Kneeman is the one who discovered this, through the nurse asking him about Ibuprofen that I had taken earlier the day before so he came in to talk to me.

We could not do the nerve block that day, but I was, and am, incredibly grateful that he caught the issue before it could become a terrifying experience!

Yesterday I had my RFA with him, and he was just as awesome as ever!  It helped that I knew I was in amazingly competent hands, so it seemed like no time at all I was back at home, feeling better already!

TlDr:  I started with Dr. Gupta (who remains awesome), but I am also ecstatically happy that I am now Dr. Kneeman's patient.  Both doctors are absolutely incredible and I am so, so grateful to and for them.
  
 
       
   Amanda Concannon 
 December 6, 2022
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. The Doctors and nursing staff are so wonderful here. They listen to you and work diligently to make you more comfortable.  I have lived with an enormous amount of pain for too long. Washing dishes,  cooking, getting into my bed and sleeping ,and several minor activities are so painful for me. The doctors here have worked with me and have given me treatment that has made an enormous difference in my life. I recommend them 100% over any other place you could go.
  
 
       
   Tom Davidson 
 September 23, 2022
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I've been going to see Dr. GUPTA for several years. He interested me in using a Nevro Device for the pain in my legs & back. Many years ago I had back surgery & over the years the pain had gotten almost unbearable.  The device was a godsend.  The follow ups by Nevro people were great & helpful. The staff are very helpful and friendly.
  
 
       
   Opal Watson 
 September 23, 2022
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Good experience every time..staff is great...Dr Gupta is the best...have experiences with him over several years....

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