IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
Of all the lifestyle illnesses one has persistently remained an enigma to the medical profession: irritable bowel syndrome.As researchers begin to unravel the complexities of IBS and other Gut related conditions, it emerges that therapies focusing on the mind,
not the body, are most effective.
A survey by Bu’Hussain Hayee, a clinical research fellow at University College
Hospital, and Dr Ian Forgacs, a consultant gastroenterologist at King’s College Hospital, London, published in the BMJ
26th May 2007, concluded that approaches such as hypnotherapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and antidepressant drugs
could be most helpful.
According to Dr Forgacs, IBS is a “complex mix of physical and emotional factors and people
suffer for a variety of different reasons”. Typically, it is diagnosed when tests do not reveal any abnormality; patients
are known to be more likely to suffer depression and somatisation (the conversion of mental problems into physical complaints).
Yet despite the variation in underlying causes, mind-based treatments seem to help.
Many sufferers report that their IBS starts during or after a stressful period in their lives
such as a divorce, sudden unemployment or a bereavement.
So strong are the psychological underpinnings of the illness that Dr Nick Read, medical adviser to the
IBS Network, says “it develops in patients with these problems only if something stressful is happening at the same time”.
Dr Read adds that the medical profession is increasingly prone to believing that
“IBS is a gut reaction to
emotional upheaval or upset”.
The combination of
EFT Matrix Reimprinting
and
Hypnotherapy
achieves very successful outcomes for the vast majority of Clients.
Link to a very relevant
BBC report.