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Can gastroenteritis lead to gerd ?
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Unrelated: Gastroenteritis(inflammation of the stomach and intestines often caused by a viral infection) is unrelated to GERD. The latter is due to an insufficient sphincter which is supposed to prevent stomach contents from refluxing upward into the esophagus causing heartburn.
Answered 3/18/2020
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