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Ocd causes irritable bowel syndrome?
Is that true,OCD causes IBS?
What's the relation between OCD and bowel syndrome?
What's the connection between ocd and gastrointestinal disease like IBS?
1) does OCD effects on nerves which leads to Irritable bowel ?
Please clarify sir/madam
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Anxiety symptoms are common comorbidity in IBS patient.
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Psychiatric problems and similar illness like IBS dont have a single cause.
There are usually multiple factors which interact with each other and may together contribute to development of these illness.
One can't pin point a single cause.
Anxiety disorders and OCD are more common with IBS due to similar mechanisms involved
Also, there are theories saying that gut/intestine and brain are connected.
So, it cant be concluded that OCD can lead to IBS, though IBS may occur more commonly in patients with OCD than those without it.
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