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Is ibs & post infection ibs the same? what causes it? unbalanced bacteria?
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Possibly: Post intestinal infection or gastroenteritis can lead to an irritable bowel syndrome and it may relate to change in the composition of your normal intestinal flora. In this case the irritable bowel syndrome eventually should subside.
Answered 1/5/2019
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