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Bloated, and very frequent diarrhea and loose stools. does this sound like ibs or mabye parasitic worms? i've been dealing with it for a while now.

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Dr. Bruce Rothschild answered

See physicain: Unliklely to be worms, but workup for inflammatory bowel disease is important.

Answered 2/2/2013

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A member asked:

Bloated, and very frequent diarrhea and loose stools. does this sound like ibs or mabye parasitic worms? i've been dealing with it for a while now.

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Bruce Rothschild answered

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