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The author states that aside from two major digestive psychosomatic conditions, peptic ulcer and ulcero-hemorragic colitis, one only encounters in the adult a widespread psychosomatic pathology, that is to say: 1 degree phenomena of hysterical conversion (gravidic vomiting for example); 2 degrees digestive phenomena concomitant with emotional reactions (diarrhea and anxiety, hypersecretion and anger, constipation and depression etc.); 3 degrees digestive manifestations accompanying anxiety neurosis; 4 degrees authentic functional diseases, such as the irritable colon corresponding to a well defined personality structure. The author concludes this article by some considerations of psychosomatic symptoms observed by the psychoanalyst; he specifically relates the role of the body barrier, the implication of reality and finally the very particular fantasies found in these psychosomatic patients.
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PMID:[Psychoanalytical nosography and digestive pathology (author's transl)]. 123 67

Thirty patients with the Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) were evaluated for personality profiles and psychiatric morbidity. In comparison with normal controls, these patients were more neurotic, showed more anxiety and had a higher incidence of neurotic depression, anxiety neurosis and alcoholism. IBS was found to be more common in young, urban males and sedentary workers.
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PMID:Psychological and sociodemographic correlates of the irritable bowel syndrome. 2174 42

Shankha Prakshalana is an easy and effective technique for cleansing the gastrointestinal canal, thereby removing all the autointoxicants present in the alimentary canal. Moreover, it is a very economical procedure which can be performed by the patients at his own residence. The role of Shankha Prakshalana from our own experience is very effective in overcoming the irritable bowel syndrome. Shankha Prakshalana may also be given to the patients of anxiety neurosis with satisfactory results. Its role in the treatment of renal disorder is encouraging in early cases only. However, in the second and third degree chronic renal failure cases its role is yet to be established and needs further investigation. Similarly, in the case of thyrotoxicosis no conclusive evidence could be observed due to very limited number of cases.
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PMID:"Shankha prakshalana" (gastrointestinal lavage) in health and disease. 2255 7