It has been suggested that IBS is a psychosomatic illness; although the evidence for this appears to be equivocal, IBS patients have been found to have significantly higher scores on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). From a study conducted at the Centre for Stress and Anxiety Disorders (the University at Albany ), IBS patients successfully treated with cognitive and behavioural procedures showed significant reductions in both BDI and STAI scores.
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Sydney Naturopath John D. McGuire on IBS and Psychosomatic Illness
Posted by naturopathsydney on August 8, 2008
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Sydney Naturopath J. McGuire on the pathophysiology of IBS
Posted by naturopathsydney on August 2, 2008
Pathophysiology
IBS can develop from a number of different mechanisms. Several have been proposed, including abnormal colonic fermentation or gallbladder motility; altered microbial flora; anxiety/depression; bacterial gastroenteritis; an exaggerated sensory component of the gastrocolonic response; food allergy, intolerance or sensitivity; gastro-oesophageal reflux; impaired transit time or tolerance of intestinal-gas loads; increased gut sensitivity; low-grade mucosal inflammation; motility disorder; myenteric plexus neuronal degeneration; oxytocin-increased thresholds for visceral perception; rectal hypersensitivity; and visceral hypersensitivity. Irrespective of the mechanism by which IBS develops, symptoms typically relate to altered gut motility, resulting in abnormal transit of gas and stool.
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