How important a factor is stress when it comes to proctitis, colitis or ulcerative colitis?
ANS: Unfortunately Stress “IS” a major factor that contributes to people becoming poorly with these digestive conditions. Particularly stress in the work place. My guess is that people who end up with these digestive conditions tend to have a lower stress management level than other people (don’t deal with or manage stress well) before the stress effects begin to have a destructive effect on the persons health & well being. The next thing you know is its to late & you have a digestive condition. (so if you already have one of these conditions keeping you stress levels down is going to be important). I am not talking here about normal daily stress but I am talking about chronic high levels of stress, stress which is ongoing & unrelenting.
