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Hi i have gastrooesphageal sphincter was lax but no jernia wot does this mean please?
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GERD: You have a lax gastroesopageal sphincter which is the valve between your stomach and esophagus. You do not have a hiatal hernia which is the stomach rising above the diagprham into the chest.
Answered 6/15/2017
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