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Constructed around symptoms frequently attributed to drugs, (e.g., nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia, gastroesophageal reflux disease, diarrhea and constipation). Applies to gastrointestinal tract from esophagus to rectum. For this SMQ, \'nonspecific\' means conditions are possible manifestations of multiple diseases. Included: Any non-specific functional condition of the whole gastrointestinal tract; non-specific inflammatory manifestations of the whole gastrointestinal tract; non-specific dysfunctional manifestations of the whole gastrointestinal tract; disorders relative to mucosal erosions; terms from SOC Investigations; terms from SOC Surgical and medical procedures. Excluded: Any dysfunction or inflammation in oropharyngeal cavity; inflammatory or dysfunctional conditions which are independent, well defined nosologic entities (e.g., PT Crohn\'s disease and PT Colitis ulcerative); infective gastroenteritis. SMQ Gastrointestinal nonspecific dysfunction is for gastrointestinal non-specific conditions that lack a morphological alteration substrate, and that are frequently due to a motility alteration of normal gastrointestinal function.
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