When we first start visiting the doctor for annual physicals, we are told to stick out our tongue and say "Aaaaah". But after 50 years or so, the doctor gets bored with that and decides to start looking at the other end of your GI tract. He/she gets a better view when the road has been cleared, hence the PEG diet. PEG 3350 is an "osmonic laxative".
The rheology of feces can be quantified by the Bristol Stool Scale which runs from 1 to 7:250 g of PEG 3350 is normally consumed over 14 days, so consuming it in 2 hours is going to, in the words of Spinal Tap, turn it up to 11. And I'll be feeling plenty....wait for it....wait...wait....crappy! (Feel free to add your own puns in the comments below.)
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another lovely polymer that gets ingested is silicone oil. Known as "simethicone", it prevents painful gas
Good one!
I also forgot about some of the time-release capsules, but that is such a small quantity of material that it hardly matters.
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