Dr Jonathan Bolon Gastroenterology Practice

11/06/2022

06/04/2021

Abdominal bloating and distension are 2 of the most commonly reported gastrointestinal symptoms.

Abdominal bloating is characterized by symptoms of trapped gas, abdominal pressure, and fullness.

Abdominal distension is defined as a measurable increase in abdominal girth.

Abdominal bloating and distension can develop for multiple reasons, including food intolerances, a previous infection that perturbed the intestinal microbiota, disordered visceral sensation, delayed intestinal transit, or an abnormal viscero-somatic reflux.

Treatment can be challenging to patients and providers—no regimen has been consistently successful.
Successful treatment involves identifying the etiology, assessing severity, educating and reassuring patients, and setting expectations.

03/04/2021

What is abdomino-phrenic dyssynergia?

Abdomino-phrenic dyssynergia (APD) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID). This condition occurs when the brain cannot coordinate the correct movement of the diaphragm in relation to the fullness of the abdomen (abdominal muscles) via the phrenic nerve, causing uncomfortable abdominal distension and bloating.

Abdomino-phrenic dyssynergia (APD): functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID) when the brain cannot coordinate movement of the diaphragm via the phrenic nerve

02/04/2021

Use of microbiome-based biomarkers in diagnosis, prognosis, risk profiling, and precision therapy requires definition of a healthy microbiome in different populations. To determine features of the intestinal microbiota associated with health, however, we need improved microbiome profiling technologies, with strain-level resolution. We must also learn more about how the microbiome varies among apparently healthy people, how it changes with age, and the effects of diet, medications, ethnicity, geography, and lifestyle. Furthermore, many intestinal microbes, including viruses, phage, fungi, and archaea, have not been characterized, and little is known about their contributions to health and disease.Whether a healthy microbiome can be defined is an important and seemingly simple question, but with a complex answer in continual need of refinement.

01/04/2021

Reference - https://www.endocollab.com/

28/03/2021

The Gut and Brain, Inextricably Linked – Association for Psychological Science – APS

Researchers are identifying the mechanisms involved in the brain-gut axis.

18/02/2021

New observational study in 1.9m US seniors 🇺🇸👵🏼👴🏾 shows PPI use is NOT associated with increased risk of death after accounting for comorbidities and protopathic bias
e.g. patient starts PPI for cough 🗣 but dies from pneumonia.

https://www.cghjournal.org/article/S1542-3565(21)00017-3/pdf

14/02/2021

What a topic...
https://theconversation.com/do-men-really-take-longer-to-poo-152233?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton

If you believe the memes, men spend ages in the toilet. But they're not always pooing. Here's what they're really doing.

12/02/2021

The evolution of scopes

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2631774520979591

12/02/2021

Just amazing.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/02/12/all-covid-vaccines-stop-death-severe-illness-column/6709455002/

09/02/2021

Throwback pharma