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When Stool Turns to Stone: Manually Disimpact Again or Buy Coca Cola? Fecalomas, Risks, and Treatments

Hospital and Internal Medicine Podcast by Gil Porat, M.D., FACP, CPT

May 25, 202610:38Religion & Spirituality

Fecalomas—rock‑hard impacted stool that cause obstruction, stercoral colitis, perforation, and even death—most often in immobile elderly patients or those on opioids. Standard treatments include aggressive bowel regimens...

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When Stool Turns to Stone: Manually Disimpact Again or Buy Coca Cola? Fecalomas, Risks, and Treatments is an episode from Hospital and Internal Medicine Podcast by Gil Porat, M.D., FACP, CPT. Fecalomas—rock‑hard impacted stool that cause ob...

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Published May 25, 2026, 10:38 long, audio available.