"GI doc said if you take Align BEFORE taking Rifax...it can cause worsening because it adds more bacteria to the gut before clearing out the bad stuff"
Does not make sense to me. What does make sense is that it would be a waste of money to take Align and the antibiotic at the same time because the antibiotic would likely kill the Align bacteria.
Bloating is the perception of fullness due to visceral hypersensitivity. Distenstion is the physical extension of grith which can be measured using a plethysmography. Bloating is not always accompanies by distenstion.
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