048 - “Your Tests Are Normal” But You're Still In Pain: Understanding Chronic Pain In IBD & IBS - Rebecca Lane
What happens when your tests say everything looks fine, but you’re still in pain?
In Episode 48 of The Survival Project, I’m joined by Rebecca Lane, PhD student at University of Galway (funded by Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland), to take a deep dive into something that affects so many people living with IBD and IBS: pain.
Rebecca takes us inside the science of how pain actually works and explains why people with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis can continue experiencing significant pain even when inflammation is under control.
We talk about the gut-brain axis, chronic pain, the…
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