5 results
IBS-D Pharmacotherapy

Loperamide
Rifaximin
Eluxadoline
Alosetron
Antispasmodics
Tricyclic antidepressants
SSRIs

#IBSD #IBS #Diarrhea #Irritable #Bowel #Syndrome #pharmacology #table #comparison #management #treatment
IBS-D Pharmacotherapy ... #IBS #Diarrhea ... #Irritable #Bowel ... pharmacology #table #comparison ... #management #treatment
What is the difference between ischemic colitis and mesenteric ischemia?
A common misnomer. Mesenteric ischemia and ischemic
What is the difference ... scripts and initial treatment ... Ischemia: • Small bowel ... tenderness, bloody diarrhea ... mesentericischemia #comparison
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Management Algorithm
Step 1: Good communication, dietary and lifestyle advice
Abdominal Pain:
 • 1st
Irritable Bowel ... : Secretagoge Diarrhea ... @DrCJBlack #IrritableBowel ... #Syndrome #IBS ... Management #Algorithm #Treatment
Strongyloides Stercoralis
EPIDEMIOLOGY - ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTHEASTERN U.S.:
 • 0-6% US Prevalence of those:
 • ~30% Asymptomatic
pain, vomiting, diarrhea ... • IgG ELISA TREATMENT ... Albendazole: 400mg PO BID ... Translocation through bowel ... parasites #Threadworm #lifecycle
Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
and Inflammatory Bowel ... Disease (IBD) ... pain, wind and diarrhea ... #Nutrition #comparison ... table #management #treatment