肚子疼是常见儿童病。美国《儿科学》杂志刊登的一项新研究发现,儿时经常肚子痛的孩子成年发生焦虑和抑郁的危险更大。新研究中,美国范德堡大学儿科学教授林恩·沃克尔及其同事比较了332名儿时经常腹痛20岁左右的年轻人和儿时肚子不经常痛的147名同龄参试者。研究发现,10年之后,参试者不再发生腹痛,大使其焦虑症发病率贝Ⅱ更高。儿时经常腹痛的参试者曰后罹患焦虑症的几率为51%,目前发生焦虑的几率为30%。相比之下,儿时不经 Stomach pain is a common childhood disease. A new study published in the U.S. Journal of Pediatrics found that children who are often stomachaches in their childhood have a greater risk of developing anxiety and depression among their children. In the new study, Lynn Volcker, a professor of pediatrics at Vanderbilt University in the United States, and his colleagues compared 332 young adults who were infants and teenagers who were often in pain with their infancy and 147 cohort participants who had infrequent stomach pain during their infancy. The study found that 10 years later, the participants no longer suffer from abdominal pain, the incidence of anxiety in Ambassador Bei Ⅱ higher. Children who suffered from abdominal pain often had a 51% chance of having an anxiety disorder later in life, and the current rate of anxiety was 30%. In contrast, childhood without