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About 4 weeks ago i started dealing with a stressful family issue. then a few weeks later i started about a separate issue which both are still stressors. i am an anxious person. for about two weeks ive been having digestion/bowel issues. why?
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GI Upset: Your digestion/ bowel issues may or may not be due to emotional stressors. Once reason may be that there is smooth muscle in our gut- it can be effected by our stress levels.
Answered 9/9/2020
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