Linked childhood traumatic experiences with the emergence of the syndrome of irritable colon in adults

the Association of this syndrome with child abuse has been confirmed before, this work valued, simultaneously, its association with various traumatic events

MADRID, 30 ( EUROPA PRESS)

Patients with syndrome of irritable colon ( IBS) presented a prevalence significantly greater adverse events that occurred in his childhood, which include from General trauma to physical, emotional or sexual abuse. So said a study from the University of California, United States, published in the journal ' Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology '.

As the leader of this study, Lin Chang, of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, “several types of early adverse events are associated with the development of syndrome of irritable, especially among women”.

“refer to early adverse events and psychological symptoms in these patients is important and can help guides management approaches to reduce symptoms and improve the general well-being of patients,” points out.

Although the Association of this syndrome and child abuse has been confirmed before, in this last work researchers aimed to assess, simultaneously, a range of traumatic events Association – not only the abuse–with syndrome of irritable and the impact of differences in gender and psychological factors in these associations.

For this study, the researchers recruited men and women with IBS with 18 years or older in Los Angeles. 294 Patients with this syndrome were evaluated adverse events in childhood – of which 79 per cent were women-, while a control group was formed with 435, women the 77 per cent of them. The questionnaires valued both gastrointestinal symptoms and psychological and somatic.

In comparison with the control, patients with IBS group a higher prevalence of General trauma, physical punishment, emotional abuse and episodes of a sexual nature. These events included culpabilizadora violence, mental illness in the family, emotional abuse and have been forced to play intimate parts of a person or maintaining genital contact. Emotional abuse was the strongest of IBS predictor.