Linda Nguyen, MD
In this video series, Linda Nguyen, MD, clinical chief of Digestive Health Center and clinical professor of medicine at Stanford University, discussed:
- distinguishing between IBS-C, CIC and other types of constipation;
- approaching opioid-induced and -exacerbated constipation;
- new developments in IBS-C, like the approval of tenapanor (Ibsrela, Ardelyx) and utilizing the Rome criteria for diagnosis;
- recent ACG guidance on IBS-C management;
- considerations of the low FODMAP diet and the increasing recognition of avoidant restrictive food intake disorder;
- the need for better IBS diagnosis;
- how pelvic floor dysfunction can “overlap” with IBS-C, CIC and opioid-induced constipation; and
- the possibility of curing constipation caused by pelvic floor dysfunction through physical therapy.