Step I Reflux esophagitis vs. GERD

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drake19

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Does anyone know the difference between reflux esophagitis and GERD? I am just confused about why sometimes the terms are used inter-changeably but are they different? My understanding is that reflux esophagitis is esophageal mucosal injury due to GERD? And GERD is just chronic gastric reflux