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Digestive system weakness: Weakness of the musculature of the digestive tract. See detailed information below for a list of 4 causes of Digestive system weakness, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning). In fact, it's more likely to be an infectious diarrheal illness (i.e. ...read more »
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This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Digestive system weakness. Of the 4 causes of Digestive system weakness that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
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