Ju T, et al. - Because irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a stress-sensitive disorder of brain-gut interactions associated with a higher prevalence of early adverse life events (EALs), researchers desired to know whether trauma severity or disclosure influence the risk of developing IBS or symptom severity.Overall, the Childhood Traumatic Events Scale was completed by 197 IBS patients and 165 healthy controls, measuring the severity of EALs and degree of confiding in others. They used regression analyses to anticipate IBS status from EALs and connection between gastrointestinal symptoms and EALs. It is important to assess the traumatic severity of EALs and the amount of trust in others as they may affect the risk of IBS. The findings highlighted early intervention in individuals with EALs to improve health outcomes. There were no differences in sex found.