Constipation Nation

Carmen Fong, MD

doi:10.5771/9781538186206

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Copyright year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-8619-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-8620-6
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 244
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Preface to the Preface No access
1. Chapter 1: Why Me? Read This Book No access
2. Chapter 2: What Constipation Is: Why We Doo . . . and Why We Don’t No access
3. Chapter 3: You Are Not Alone: Statistics No access
4. Chapter 4: Constipation Is the Root of All Evils—or Is It? No access
5. Chapter 5: 12 Seconds to Poop: A Bit of Natural History and How Pooping Works No access
6. Chapter 6: Embryology, Anatomy, and Physiology No access
7. Chapter 7: Anal Immune System: The Anus Cleans Itself No access
8. Chapter 8: Trained to Contain: Potty Training and Poop Shaming No access
9. Chapter 9: Pregnancy and Constipation No access
10. Chapter 10: You Can’t Poop Out a Bad Diet No access
11. Chapter 11: A Bug Up Your Gut: Probiotics and the Gut Microbiome No access
12. Chapter 12: Bearing the Load: Exercise No access
13. Chapter 13: Coffee or Not Covfefe? No access
14. Chapter 14: Nature Calls: “Natural” Supplements No access
15. Chapter 15: Other Treatments People Have Tried: Warm water, Cyborb Pooping, and Constipation Myths No access
1. Chapter 16: Monday Morning Hemorrhoids and Other Scenarios No access
2. Chapter 17: Common Complaints and Takeaways No access
3. Chapter 18: A Case Study of an Irregular Pooping Cycle: Parkinson’s, Mental Health, and, What Else? Constipation No access
4. Chapter 19: Diagnosis No access
5. Chapter 20: The COVID Connection No access
6. Chapter 21: When Surgery Is Necessary No access
7. Chapter 22: The Flip Side of the Coin: Fecal Incontinence and Diarrhea No access
8. Chapter 23: Bugs or Drugs?: Infections and Pharmaceuticals, Including Opioid-Induced Constipation No access
9. Chapter 24: Mimics of Constipation: When to Get Medical Attention No access
10. Chapter 25: Five Recipe Ideas for Constipation No access
11. Chapter 26: Conclusion and Future Directions No access
Appendix A No access Pages 175 - 176
Acknowledgments No access Pages 177 - 178
Notes No access Pages 179 - 206
Bibliography No access Pages 207 - 234
Index No access Pages 235 - 242
About the Author No access Pages 243 - 244