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Recently i was told to do an epsom salt cleanse. i did and ended up in the er in extreme pain. i have gerd and gastritis. do u think the cleanse cause?

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Your GERD caused: Don't know how you cleansed with epsom salt , you need treatment for gerd , if endoscopy done all available medications and measures failed , you should consider anti-reflex surgical procedure , speak to your doctor.

Dr Chuu and another doctor agreed

Answered 11/28/2017

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