All Things Diverticulosis
Medgeeks with Andrew Reid
Medgeeks
4.8 • 997 Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2022
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
In this week's podcast, we will talk about the difference between diverticulosis, diverticulitis and diverticular bleeding.
Some of the risk factors you should know about are diet, obesity and smoking. Then we will go over why it occurs, how to prevent it (if possible) and how to treat it.
Join Dr. Niket Sonpal as he gives a review on all things diverticulosis.
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| 0:00.0 | There are a lot of topics in medicine that are what we like to call evergreen. |
| 0:03.3 | These are things that you just need to know. Like for example, Dr Pepper is not actually a physician |
| 0:08.8 | or a health care provider. It's actually a carbonated soft drink that actually gives health care providers a lot of hard time. |
| 0:14.7 | The reason why it's super high in sugar and it basically causes diabetes if it's consumed in large quantities. |
| 0:20.4 | But what people don't know, it was actually created in the 1880s by a pharmacist in Waco, Texas, and served around that area until 1885. |
| 0:29.0 | It didn't become nationally market until 1904, and now it sold all over the world. |
| 0:34.5 | So what's so special about Dr Pepper? |
| 0:36.3 | Well back then a lot of advertisements for Soda Pops and things like that were given the name |
| 0:41.1 | Doctor to sort of give the idea that it was super |
| 0:43.8 | super helpful and good for you in fact early advertisements for the soft drink made |
| 0:48.0 | medical claims stating that it aids digestion restores them them, vigor, and vitality. |
| 0:55.2 | Since then, the refutes have been there |
| 0:56.9 | that it doesn't really help with anything medical, |
| 0:58.8 | but it's just a great tasting beverage. |
| 1:01.2 | Other sort of rumors of claim that Dr. Pepper does contain prune juice. |
| 1:04.6 | And you know that prune juice is a great laxative. |
| 1:07.9 | And do you know what laxatives help you do? |
| 1:09.9 | Laxatives, staying regular, eating a lot of of fiber can actually help you prevent |
| 1:14.1 | diverticulosis and diverticulitis can become complicated by developing |
| 1:18.4 | diverticulitis. Now that my friends is what we call an amazing segue but also the topic of this week's |
| 1:24.5 | amazing podcast here with your favorite host Dr. Niket son Paul, that's me, your |
| 1:29.4 | friendly neighborhood internist and gastrointestinalontorologist, we're going to be talking about all things |
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