Aaron

[Aaron @Aaronwalks]

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Clinically, this suggests the potential use of coffee in patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders

In summary: increased hormone release, contraction propagation, and vagal tone will all result in you catching up with twitter in the bathroom

[Aaron @Aaronwalks]

1/9
Why does drinking coffee often send people running to the bathroom? Is it the coffee, the caffeine, or some kind of magic?

Let’s find out!

A quick #MedTweetorial

[Aaron @Aaronwalks]

8/9
Once feces enters the rectum, distention of the rectal wall initiates afferent signals that spread through the myenteric plexus. This causes peristaltic waves in the descending colon, sigmoid, and rectum, forcing feces toward the anus!