If I remember correctly (I can't provide any sources) it possibly had something to do with his spine being out of alignment and it sort of caused his digestive tract to be out of alignment. That probably doesn't make much sense, but its sort of like his spine was poking into the area of his GI tract and causing the pain.
I've never heard an exact reason for his chronic stomach pain and I don't think it was ever officially diagnosed. I remember in one interview he mentioned he went to a doctor for help with it and was given a medication and he said it worked great, until later he looked it up and found out it was just another opiate.
Opiates greatly reduce stomach pain, and in the past were given out as cures for dysentery and other stomach ailments, which is why he took heroin for his stomach problem. In fact, Immodium AD (loperamide), a common anti-diarrhea treatment, is a type of opiate that doesn't cross the blood brain barrier and so it treats the symptoms of diarrhea without attaching to the endorphin receptors in the brain.
But, if I had to give an educated guess, I would probably guess he had Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which is a combination of psychological and psychological symptoms that result in a very painful GI disorder. When I was looking up this disorder, I found a quote from LEF (Life Extension Foundation) that said the following:
Research has suggested that IBS patients have extra sensitive pain receptors in the gastrointestinal tract, which may be related to an abnormal level of serotonin, a neurotransmitter involved in regulating digestion and mood. Their level of serotonin may help explain why people with IBS are likely to be anxious or depressed (Kasper DL et al 2005).
Other possible conditions could be Colitis or Crohn's Disease, GERD, or a combination of those, and as mentioned that, combined with a poor diet, extreme stress and anxiety, & alcohol/drug/nicotine/caffeine (ab)use would make it worse.
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lagginswag
15 years ago
^agreed^
some things our bodies do are just mysteries.. weve all seen and felt them
opiates really do help wiht stomach pains but it causes extreme constipation
i remember reading something about kurt being pissed at one of his doctors
the dr said that his pains were caused by heroin...
he got mad and said that its one of the only things that helps so its not the cause
when you can prescribe me something else that works well talk
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