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A 20-year-old female asked:
what can cause frequent foul-smelling gas for weeks, sometimes accompanied by severe nausea? happens all day, improves with soft food diet.
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

Dr. Yash Khanna answered
Family Medicine 57 years experience
Needs to be checked: You need to consul your doctor as your symptoms are there for 2to3months
you may have
1lactose intolerance
2inflammatory bowel disease
3irritable bowel syndrome'
4giardiasis, infection by parasite giardia
5side effect of antibiotic use
and many other conditions
so consult your doctor or a gastroenterologist.
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