Ologies with Alie Ward Coloproctology (COLON CANCER + BUTT FUN) with Carmen Fong
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Mar 11, 2026 Carmen Fong, a double board-certified colorectal surgeon and author of Constipation Nation, joins with clinical know-how and blunt humor. She talks about colon anatomy and screening, removing foreign objects safely, hemorrhoids and fissures, constipation and fiber tips, anal sex safety and hygiene, ostomies and cancer surgery, and practical travel and bowel-care advice.
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Foreign Objects Range From Highlighters To Glass Globes
- Carmen Fong has removed many rectal foreign bodies including a pink highlighter and multiple dildos.
- The hardest extraction she recalled was a glass lamp globe that required a Deaver retractor scooped around the object under anesthesia.
Hemorrhoids Are Increasing In Younger Adults
- Hemorrhoids are rising in younger people due to sedentary behavior and pandemic lifestyle changes.
- Carmen Fong links increased sitting, more alcohol/junk food, and prolonged toilet time during COVID to more hemorrhoid cases in 20–40 year olds.
Get Bleeding Checked And Consider Rubber Band Ligation
- Treat painless rectal bleeding promptly; rubber band ligation is quick for internal hemorrhoids.
- Carmen Fong explains banding takes seconds, stops bleeding by removing the vessel, and painful cases often come from fissures treatable with topical agents or Botox.
