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What are the medical/scientific ways of treating structural aberrancy of lower esophageal sphincter which causes gerd?
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Medically-Lifestyle: & dietary changes & various Acid Blockers. There is a surgical approach that involves reducing any Hiatal herniation and surgically creating a functional valve to replace the leaky esophageal sphincter.
Answered 6/6/2018
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