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The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

#314 Constipation: When the Flow Won’t Go with Dr. Iris Wang

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science, Higher Education, Education

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2022

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Move smoothly through constipation evaluation and management. Learn how to evaluate for the various etiologies of constipation including pelvic floor dysfunction, IBS-C and more with our esteemed guest Dr. Xiao Jing (Iris) Wang @IrisWangMD!

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Credits

  • Producer, Show Notes, Infographic & Cover Art: Elena Gibson MD
  • Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
  • Reviewer: Emi Okamoto MD
  • Executive Producer: Beth Garbitelli
  • Showrunner: Matthew Watto MD, FACP
  • Editor: Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
  • Guest: Xiao Jing (Iris) Wang MD
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Show Segments (Note: timestamps are without ads)
  • Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
  • Guest one-liner, Picks of the Week* (6:00)
  • Case from Kashlak; Definitions (11:00)
  • Physiology of a bowel movement (10:00)
  • Definitions (16:00)
  • Bowel Habit Review of Systems (17:00)
  • Rectal Exam (33:00)
  • Initial Constipation Evaluation
  • Common categories of constipation (43:40)
  • Additional evaluation of Constipation (52:00)
  • Treatment options (1:10:00)
  • Outro

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Curbsiders podcast is for entertainment, education, and information purposes only.

0:07.0

And the topics discussed should not be used to lay a diet of street cure or prevent

0:09.4

any diseases or conditions.

0:10.4

For the more that you use and stay mixed rest on the podcast are solely those of those,

0:12.2

and should not be interpreted to reflect official policy or position of any entity

0:14.4

that's either on possibly cash like more hospital and affiliate outreach programs.

0:16.9

If indeed there are any, in fact there are none.

0:18.7

Pretty much we aren't responsible if you screw up, you should always be your own homework

0:20.5

and let's know.

0:38.2

I'm Dr. Matthew Frank Wato and we have a great show tonight.

0:52.3

I'm very excited because we had a great discussion with, I'm saying great for everything.

0:58.1

We had a fantastic discussion with Dr. Iris Wang talking about constipation.

1:04.8

We know her from our diarrhea episodes because we had so much diarrhea it overflowed into

1:11.1

a second episode.

1:12.1

Paul, that's right I'm going to make the joke twice on this episode.

1:16.0

And in a just a moment we're going to introduce you to our producer.

1:19.6

But before we get to that, Paul, can you please tell the audience what is it that we do

1:24.6

on the curbsiders?

1:25.6

Sure, thanks for asking that.

1:27.6

We are the internal medicine podcast.

1:29.3

We use expert interviews from Euclinical Pearls in practice changing knowledge.

1:32.9

And as you mentioned, we have the phenomenal Dr. Elena Gibson with us.

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