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What is the reason of excessive foul smelling gas?i had a stool test but it came normal but my stool is very smelly and i have excessive foul gas prob

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Diet: You may need to alter your diet. It may require trial and error in detecting the food responsible for flatulence and bad odor. However, the first thing to try would be to reduce your total intake of food.

Answered 11/10/2015

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