Gastroenteritis
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In medicine, gastroenteritis is "inflammation of any segment of the gastrointestinal tract from esophagus to rectum. Causes of gastroenteritis are many including genetic, infection, hypersensitivity, drug effects, and cancer."[1]
Anatomic classification
Etiology/cause
- Infectious diarrheal disease (dysentery)
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Ischemic
- Radiation
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2025), Gastroenteritis (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.