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Can quitting smoking cause ibs like symptoms (both diarrhea and constipation few weeks after quitting)? and how long after should i see improvement?
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Nicotine: Stopping chronic nicotine use can definitely change your pattern of bm's leading to more sluggish bm's, but in your case you alternate sluggish with looser patterns of intestinal activity. Unless you can pinpoint certain foods or emotional factors which trigger symptoms, your bowel pattern should eventually normalize.
Answered 9/7/2018
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