Alimentary disorders in young females with irritable bowel syndrome or ulcerative procto-sigmoiditis: A preliminary report

Dear Sir,Distal ulcerative colitis (procto-sigmoiditis; distal UC), functional diseases (irritable bowel syndrome — IBS) as well as eating disorders are frequently found in young females in Western countries. Indeed, in Europe and North America with high-rate of inflammatory bowel diseases in young subjects,1 there is a large availability of food despite female attractiveness is linked to thinness.2 They refer to a group of chronic psychiatric conditions which may involve either scarce or excessive food intake with a damage of physical and mental health.3 The association between organic and/or functional intestinal diseases may be interesting especially in a high risk …