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BookmarkGastroenteritis involves diarrhea or vomitting, with noninflammatory infection of the upper small bowel, or inflammatory infection of the colon, both part of the gastrointestinal tract.
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Usually this is caused by an infection, but this is not always the case.
It usually is of acute onset, normally lasting less than 10 days and self-limiting.
Sometimes it is referred to simply as 'gastro'.
It is often called the stomach flu or gastric flu even though it is not related to influenza..
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