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Gastroenteritis
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Gastroenteritis
What Is Gastroenteritis?
What Causes Gastroenteritis?
How Is Gastroenteritis Treated?
How Can Gastroenteritis Be Prevented?
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Gastroenteritis (gas-tro-en-ter-I-tis) is a disease in which the lining of the stomach and intestines becomes inflamed, resulting in what is sometimes referred to as an upset stomach or
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stomach flu.
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Gastrointestinal system
Food poisoning
Infection
Inflammation
What Is Gastroenteritis?
Gastroenteritis is a general term for
inflammation*
of the gastrointestinal (gas-tro-in-TES-ti-nal) tract, the part of the digestive system consisting ...