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Suggest Treatment For The Bowel Moments Caused By Chewing Gutka

My husband used to chew tobacco. He quit about5 years ago and have started again about 3 weeks . He now has the symptoms again of runny bowel movements? He had a colonoscopy 5 years ago. Then told to take diarrhea medicine and did for along time . Should he be seen by his family doctor about it ?
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Yes, this needs to be evaluated with a stool culture and another colonoscopy
This could indicate a colon infection, inflammatory bowel disorder, or irritable bowel syndrome
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Suggest Treatment For The Bowel Moments Caused By Chewing Gutka

HI Yes, this needs to be evaluated with a stool culture and another colonoscopy This could indicate a colon infection, inflammatory bowel disorder, or irritable bowel syndrome