(203) Body Wisdom: How Biologic Embedding of Childhood Adversity Impacts Adult GI and GU Health
Thursday,June 24, 2021:10:45 AM -11:45 AM
Contact Hours: 1
Speaker(s)
Description
Biologic patho-mechanisms related to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their impact on GI and GU systems’ health are emerging from population level studies. Research increasingly demonstrates that a chronically activated stress response, particularly in childhood, shifts allostasis from healthy to maladaptive processes, impacting brain development and immune and endocrine systems’ functionality via epigenetic influences. This session will review the critical connections between childhood adversity, chronic inflammation, and GI/GU chronic disease in adulthood.
Specialty
Learning Outcome
Learners will be able to describe the biological influence of childhood adversity on adult chronic disease occurrence in the GI and GU systems.
Additional Info
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™:
1.00
Type of Credit:
AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
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