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Can constipation and trapped wind cause hip, side and back pain? have ibs & suffer with constipation, have these pains which ease with bowel movement.

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Yes: dilatation of the bowel wall can cause pain that is generalized at the spinal cord level and is interpreted as back pain by your brain.

Answered 11/7/2020

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