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What differentiates gerd from functioal dyspepsia?
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EGD: The gold standard diagnostic tool is a egd(upper endoscopy). The egd will determine if you have gerds or just dyspepsia. Dyspepsia would show gasrtis. Gerd would show eosphagitis.
Answered 7/22/2013
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