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Muscle twitch on the side of my stomach, feels like food poisoning diarrhea is coming. what else causes it?

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E. coli, rotavirus: Enterotoxigenic e. Coli is probably the most common bacterial cause, the rotavirus family is probably the most common viral cause and g. Lamblia is probably the most common parasitic cause.

Dr Kuitems and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 3/14/2019

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