How to Relieve Bloating: An Expert Shares Surprising Facts

Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare

Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC

Medical, Health, Functionalmedicine, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 1 May 2019

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Bloating may be largely ignored by most doctors, but this uncomfortable symptom is common and deserves more attention. Dr. Peter Whorwell, a specialist clinician and researcher, shares his insights into bloating and reveals some surprising facts. Why do only half of the patients with bloating pain show signs of abdominal swelling? What is a bloatometer? How is bloating with constipation different from bloating with diarrhea? When is bloating a sign of a more serious disease? What are the most current treatments? Join us for a detailed look at this important topic. https://drruscio.com/?p=30016

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dr. Rousho Radio, discussing the cutting edge in health, nutrition, and functional medicine.
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0:22.9	That's DRR-R-U-S-C-I-O.com.
0:27.0	The following discussion is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat
0:32.1	any disease.
0:33.2	Please do not apply any of this information without first speaking with your doctor.
0:37.1	Now, let's head to the show.
0:40.5	Hey, everyone.
0:41.4	Welcome to Dr. Rucho Radio.
0:42.6	This is Dr. Rucho.
0:43.2	I'm here with Dr. Peter Warwell, who is a specialist clinician researcher in bloating.
0:49.6	And I'm very interested to have this conversation to dick into his brain a little bit about what's
0:55.4	bloating all about, what's new and exciting, what are some of the best tests, treatments, what
1:00.2	have you. So, Peter, thanks for being on and welcome to the show. Pleasure. Can you tell people a little
1:06.5	bit about your background? Yes, I'm a gastroenterologist who works in Manchester in the UK, and I've been doing this for
1:17.5	quite a long time now.
1:19.0	I specialize now entirely in irritable bowel and related conditions, the so-called functional
1:26.0	gastroenteronal disorders, and still see 600 new
1:30.6	patients a year, so I see quite a few patients. They're all what are called tertiary care patients.
1:36.6	So they're the ones who've seen a primary care doctor, seen a secondary care hospital doctor,
1:41.8	and are still in trouble. And so I see that sort of tip of the
1:46.5	iceberg patient. And is bloating, is that something that you have a particular interest in?
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