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Is your medical condition causing the gas or the other way around?

• DoreenMichele 7y ago
  Bad gas corresponds to times when I'm more symptomatic. My condition causes serious gut dysfunction. Bad gassiness is one of many side effects when my gut is a mess. I've spent over eighteen years pursuing dietary and lifestyle changes to mitigate my incurable condition. I have a lot less gas than I used to.
  • 0-_-0 7y ago
    My point is, if your medical condition is causing the gas then reducing gas wouldn't help.
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    • p_l 7y ago
      Reducing the symptoms probably help, and there are many conditions which have a reinforcing feedback loop
    • belltaco 7y ago
      The same mechanism that reduces the gas may also fix the underlying issue.
      • DoreenMichele 7y ago
        If you fix the underlying issue, you should reduce gas. If you have a mental model as to what is going on and you try X and it works, then you infer that maybe you are on to something, which may be the best metric you have.