Medicine's Marissa Scavuzzo discusses study on why women experience more severe gut pain

Early research hints at why women experience more severe gut pain than men do

Live Science: Marissa Scavuzzo, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, discussed a study that helps explain why women’s gut pain can worsen as hormones change, validating patients’ experiences that have often been dismissed. The research suggests estrogen makes gut nerves more sensitive, offering clues to why IBS is more common and pointing to potential treatment targets.