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=**Gastroenterology**= Gastroenterology is a branch of medicine that studies the organs related to the stomach and the intestines and the diseases that affect these organs. The word "gastroenterology" is the combination of the Ancient Greek words //gastros,// which means stomach, //enteron// which means intestine and //logos// which means reason. Some of these diseases that are studied are acid reflux, aneurism, appendicitis, behcets syndrome, colon cancer, diverticulitis, dysphagia, fybromyalgia, hemorrhoids, gallstones, hepatitis C, among others. Salmonella is a bacterium that can make people sick. Most people have diarrhea, fever, and stomach pain that start 1 to 3 days after they get infected. These symptoms usually go away after 1 week. Salmonella can be transmitted to a human being by drinking contaminated water. Reptiles, dogs, cats, horses, and birds can transmit this disease.The digestive system is the system that is studied by gastroenterologists. The main organs that are studied is the stomach, the intestines, and the other organs that are related to these like the liver. The word gastroenterology is the combination of the Ancient Greek words //gastros,// which means stomach, //enteron// which means intestine and //logos// which means reason.