Bowel dysfunction after laparoscopic antireflux surgery – (03-10-03)



Bowel dysfunction after laparoscopic antireflux surgery.

I can’t help but wonder if the bowel symptoms (diarrhea being the most common) are merely another indication of altered GI physiology that led to the reflux in the first place. Or, even more likely, is a result of the medications given to control the symptoms of reflux. Given that acid suppresion is the knee-jerk treatment of anything remotely resembling reflux disease, the downstream effects of acid suppression are many, and diarrhea is quite common as a result of undigested proteins actually turning rancid (you can actually check the bloodstream for compounds such as putrizine that are markers of improper digestion) in the warm, moist, bacterial laden environment of the GI tract.

Elsevier Medical Journals.

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