The stomach hurts from stress: a gastroenterologist told how stress affects digestion

Anxiety before an important meeting, sleepless night because of experiences, constant time – it seems that stress hits only nerves. But in fact, the stomach and intestines often suffer first. Russian gastroenterologist Maxim Kaseev told how stress affects the health of the digestive system, writes sb.by.

According to Maxim Kaseev, stress is a powerful unfavorable factor:

- It provokes a surge of hormones and activates the nervous system, triggering a chain of undesirable reactions in the body. If the tension lasts for a long time, it can exacerbate existing problems with the gastrointestinal tract or cause new functional disorders.

Among the diseases that can worsen due to stress, the doctor called:

Inflammatory bowel disease. Gastroesophageal reflux disease. Peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum. Gallstone disease. Functional-biliary disorders.

In addition, chronic stress can provoke functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, he noted:

- For example, functional diarrhea, constipation, heartburn, dyspepsia, as well as a hypersensitive esophagus.

Maxim Kaseev stressed that regardless of whether a person has already diagnosed chronic gastrointestinal disease or symptoms appeared for the first time, with such problems, you need to contact a gastroenterologist. The doctor will help to find out the cause of the malaise and prevent possible complications.

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