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- Aug 21, 2018
It can, sometimes. There is a huge, obvious correlation between obesity and Irritable Bowel Syndrome, especially the constipation subtype (fat people google this all the time, misinterpret the studies and blame their obesity on their gut biome ?). Tons of obese people are chronically constipated because of a garbage diet and zero physical activity, plus they're usually on a bunch of medications that make it worse. Same thing happens to people who are very old, severely disabled or opiate addicts. In these cases the colon does get distended, sometimes to the point of fecal impaction. Obese people who stay relatively active, eat decent food and/or take fiber supplements don't necessarily end up with giant colons but they probably do shit a lot.
Maybe some of Amber's ER visits were for enemas or disimpaction, it's not like she'd ever admit to that. It'd explain some of her "weight losses" too. And if she ever picks up an opiate habit, God help her, she'll be fucking dead of bowel perforation in months.
Most people with IBS stay normal. I should know. You just have pain from time to time, it alternates from the runs to being constipated, very few are only one or the other, and if you watch what you eat you can figure out what makes you hurt and what drags you to the toilet, for most citrus or overly greasy food brings problems.
Most obese that do any regular activity have to use meds to clog them up a bit because otherwise they will poop themselves constantly. Not a good look at the office. And then they can google IBS that only causes constipation and shift blame to muh condishuns. Just one big game of how well you can shift anything wrong with your body to something totally unrelated to obesity or as a cause of obesity and not a result of it.