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A 29-year-old female asked:

Could taking digestive enzymes help with gas bloating and constipation?

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Dr. Dan Fisheranswered

Internal Medicine 29 years experience

Possible.: Worth a try. Other thoughts would be to use simethicone for the bloating then a stool softener for the constipation. Sounds like you might have irritable bowel syndrome which is too complicated to treat here but generally responds to a progressive program of fiber / diet mods / bowel agents.

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