Meet specialists from the Frederick F. Paustian Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center as they discuss IBD, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
Short bowel syndrome (SBS) occurs when the body can’t absorb enough nutrients from fluids and foods due to a removed, damaged, or diseased section of the small intestine.
A colon polyp is a small growth in the lining of the colon or large intestine. Most colon polyps are sporadic and occur randomly. However, there are environmental and hereditary factors that increase the risk of developing colon polyps.
It’s estimated that hundreds of thousands of endoscopic ultrasound, or EUS, procedures are performed annually in the United States. Dr. Bhat explains what an EUS is and how it works.
Laxatives can help with constipation by drawing fluid into the colon, increasing the bulk of stool , or by increasing motility. Whether or not they will work to relieve your constipation depends on the underlying cause.
