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A member asked:
Is my acid reflux & indigestion anything to do with my symptomatic gallstone. ?
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See below: The short answer is no. The two do not share a common root cause and therefore cannot directly impact one another. Conversely, the symptoms of these two maladies share significant overlap and are frequently confused for one another. If you do indeed have both you may be suffering symptoms of both. Consult with your doctor to be sure you are being adequately treated.
Answered 7/4/2014
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Not likely but may : Gall bladder disease can coexist with reflux and also may aggravate physiologic reflux. Removal of a symptomatic gall bladder may be associated with improvement in reflux symptoms by eliminating gastric stasis caused by the sick GB thus indirectly improving reflux symptoms however there is a crossover between GB and reflux symptoms in that the two diseases may mimic each other in certain instances
Answered 7/7/2014
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