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Carina Chow
General Practitioner
Dr. Carina Chow is a general practitioner practicing in Auchenflower, Queensland. Dr. Chow does not specialize in one area of medicine, however provides routine health care services. General practitioners typically have regular, even life-long patients who they provide health care services to. Dr. Chow provides services including physical exams, immunizations, and diagnosing and treating multiple illnesses and injuries. General practitioners typically work in private offices and clinics and have staffs of nurses and administators.
Carina Chow
- Auchenflower, Queensland
- University of Sydney
- Accepting new patients
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No peristalsis, floppy colon- what can help?
Your situation is not an uncommon one. Exactly why it happens, no one really knows but it can happen all of a sudden it appears to have happened in you.
Usually a "floppy colon" READ MORE
Your situation is not an uncommon one. Exactly why it happens, no one really knows but it can happen all of a sudden it appears to have happened in you.
Usually a "floppy colon" means one that on colonoscopy appears long and capacious. It's usually a sign of a chronically slow bowel. There are a number of things that can be done. Initially I usually do a colonic transit study to quantify exactly how slow your bowels are. It sounds like you have tried all the dietary options to help your bowels. I would probably also try regular laxatives that promote gut motility. Next I would consider medications that speed up your bowels like Prucalopride. Surgery is usually a last resort. I hope this gives you some options.
Good luck.
Usually a "floppy colon" means one that on colonoscopy appears long and capacious. It's usually a sign of a chronically slow bowel. There are a number of things that can be done. Initially I usually do a colonic transit study to quantify exactly how slow your bowels are. It sounds like you have tried all the dietary options to help your bowels. I would probably also try regular laxatives that promote gut motility. Next I would consider medications that speed up your bowels like Prucalopride. Surgery is usually a last resort. I hope this gives you some options.
Good luck.
