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Bowel Changes: The Return of Side Eff@¢ks
Bowel Changes: The Return of Side Eff@¢ks
Cancer treatments can be rough on the gut. The symptoms during and after treatment are no laughing matter (although well-timed potty humor …
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March 2, 2022

Bowel Changes: The Return of Side Eff@¢ks

Bowel Changes: The Return of Side Eff@¢ks

Cancer treatments can be rough on the gut. The symptoms during and after treatment are no laughing matter (although well-timed potty humor can certainly be therapeutic, don't you think?).

In this episode, Tina and Leah talk poop, that is, about the fundamentals of bowel function with an emphasis on the many ways that cancer treatments can interfere with it.

As naturopathic physicians, Tina and Leah have spent their entire careers talking poop with patients. Why? Because most gut issues have to do with bowel function. Understanding the functions of the various organs involved in your digestion can help you address—and resolve— uncomfortable and unpleasant poop issues.

Get the scoop! This episode is followed by two more in this pod: Episode 24 is about constipation and Episode 25 is about diarrhea.

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 Links we mentioned on this episode and other cool stuff:

Overview of treatment-related constipation

Overview of treatment-related diarrhea

Tracking form and one-page review on diarrhea from ASCO

Special management of diarrhea from immunotherapies (ie, checkpoint inhibitors)

 

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Chapters

02:38 - Digestion- an overview by system

06:01 - Surgery- effects on bowel function

07:12 - Chemotherapies- effects on bowel function

09:55 - Immunotherapies- colitis / diarrhea

10:19 - Official definitions- diarrhea & constipation

12:33 - Radiation- effects on bowel function

14:29 - Cancer- direct effects on bowel function

16:21 - Medications that may lead to constipation or diarrhea

17:35 - Anti-nausea MEDS- a cautionary tale

20:10 - Other medications that lead to constipation or diarrhea

22:10 - Supplements that affect bowel function

27:12 - Lifestyle measures to maintain GI health

30:56 - After treatment- Survivorship and GI challenges

33:44 - Wrap-up- The unofficial theme song announced