February 2024

GASTROENTEROLOGY

PUTTING CONSTIPATION INTO CONTEXT

Featuring: Darren M. Brenner, MD

Episode Summary

In this episode of Better Edge, Darren M. Brenner, MD, a gastroenterologist at Northwestern Medicine, discusses chronic constipation, its prevalence, risk factors, subtypes, and treatment options Including both over-the-counter and prescription medications. He uses specific symptom-based criteria to define constipation, such as frequency, texture, straining, sensations of incomplete evacuation, a sensation of mechanical obstruction, and the performance of manual maneuvers. Join us as we put constipation into context and learn how it impacts quality of life.
Darren M. Brenner, MD, professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Department of Medicine and Surgery.

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