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Hat kind of gastro-intestinal disease can you have if your bowel movements smell exceptionally bad?

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Few possibilities: Ranging from fat malabsorption. Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Clostridium difficile or other infectious colitis. Liver disease. Depending on other associated symptoms you may get a more specific diagnosis if you see your physician.

Dr Rhoads and another doctor agreed

Answered 4/14/2017

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