IBS news flash. Post-traumatic stress disorder linked to IBS

IBS news flash. Post-traumatic stress disorder linked to IBS

The gut-brain axis association between PTSD and IBS...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric condition characterized by symptoms of hyperarousal and hypervigilance.

Increasing research on the gut-brain axis has drawn links between PTSD and IBS.

The gut–brain axis, a two-way communication path in your body, lets the central nervous system influence gastrointestinal function.

The first meta-analysis of this association, in the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, found that PTSD is associated with an increased likelihood of IBS.

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