Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Hypnosis

Ten to twenty-five percent of all Europeans suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and the numbers are higher in a number of other parts of the world.  Rian Van Rijisbergen reports on the use of hypnosis for the condition (here).

As regular readers of Life of Brian know, IBS can really affect the quality of life of folks with the condition and hypnosis has been shown to be very very effective in treatment.

In the early 80’s Professor P.J. Whorwell a gastro-enterologist working in the University Hospital in South Manchester did research on IBS and he found out that in hypnosis the sensitivity of the colon can be reduced when given lots of positive suggestions for the colon. As if the colon is having some kind of brain or understanding. His Gut-directed therapy showed significant results, which he published about in The Lancet. The conclusion was that patients of 25 to 55 years obtained a positive result of 80% when treated with the hypnotherapy program and even after 5 years they were still doing very well.

Those numbers are better than any other treatment approach (most approaches do not offer generally positive longterm results but temporary relief of some symptoms, if that).  Of course, there have been some advances in the approach since the 80’s and so suggestions can be tailored to individual response a bit more effectively.

All the best,
Brian

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