Violenze fisiche sulle donne: disturbi digestivi e gastrointestinali

Is it true that a history of physical violence against women may be associated with gastrointestinal and digestive disorders? What are the most frequent? Violence is certainly an extremely important problem and occurring mainly in women so that population studies that have been made show that at least 1 woman in 2 in her life, has had at least one event of physical or mental violence. It was clear in the field of gastroenterology those who have suffered violence and usually a domestic violence very often psychological but not infrequently also physical suffers most from gastrointestinal disorders and especially of those disorders which we call functional ie disorders which do not have a lesion do not recognize a lesion, such as an ulcer but recognize that an alteration of the motility of the intestine or a greater or an excessive sensitivity towards the distension of the stomach bowel or intestinal spasms.