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I’ve been searching for a diagnosis for almost three years. It seems like drs just go...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/690514/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Mar 17, 2022

@must0716, welcome. I'm tagging fellow members like @evar @sallyw133 @euqcaj @xiaolung @annewithane @nancykeenan @aethos @ripley @jcarndt...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/806321/

Discussion: Redundant Colon: What helps avoid surgery?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Feb 4, 2023

I've got Tortuous colon, Diverticulosis (just off a bout of diverticulitis) & currently have tissue samples...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/640460/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Sep 29, 2021

Hi, just came across your post. I have a tortuous colon too. I didn't know that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/826883/

Discussion: Tortuous colon and flying

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Mar 16, 2023

I have a tortuous colon. I don't think it's that uncommon. I recently had a sigmoid...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1167425/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Nov 3, 2024

I’m glad you got some relief…sometimes, I don’t have to eat anything & the pain &...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/727211/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Jul 15, 2022

Just my totally non-medical advice. Working with a dietician who has advised fiber is actually counterproductive...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/726962/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Jul 15, 2022

Hi Everyone My daughter is 9, since she was 1 she has always had stomach pain...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/805633/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Feb 2, 2023

On my 2nd Colonoscopy at age 55, I was diagnosed as having a Tortuous Colon and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/224956/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: May 21, 2019

Thank you for this. I, too, have lifelong constipation which is now mostly managed successfully with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/817961/

Discussion: Redundant/Tortuous Colon & Severe Constipation

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Feb 27, 2023

Yes. I have tortuous colon. Unfortunately, I had lap band and later reversal. Bad decision. Now...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/974424/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Dec 3, 2023

i do not think a tortuous colon is like a mega colon. tortuous to me means...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/694345/

Discussion: Problem with Chronic constipation

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Mar 30, 2022

Hi @jen83jen, nothing to be embarassed about here. I too have a twisting colon with extra...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/752348/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

Hi Sally, I know this is alot to ask, but would you mind sharing with me...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/723757/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Jul 5, 2022

Screenshot of my tortuous colon via a Colonography I had in Sept 2015. The Report only...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/752726/

Discussion: Convulsions after fainting.

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Sep 23, 2022

My experience is that I’ve had a constipation problem all my life and I’m now 73....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1032210/

Discussion: Diagnosed with Long Colon after colonoscopy

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Mar 12, 2024

I have a tortuous colon and ibs-c. I’ve been prescribed linzess for several years now but...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/723553/

Discussion: Feedback on Linzess for Irritable Bowel-C or Chronic Constipation

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Jul 4, 2022

I’ve had 73 years of constipation caused by the redundant ( tortuous colon ). At long...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1146554/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Sep 24, 2024

So, solving constipation is an individual journey. I would say, start with the plant diet and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/882909/

Discussion: Constant constipation

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Jun 22, 2023

redundant/tortuous colon definition - if your colon measures longer than five feet, it will contort itself...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/894390/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Jul 12, 2023