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Weight loss, diarrhea, joint pain, and arthritis are common presenting symptoms, but the presentation can be highly variable and approximately 15% of patients do not have these classic signs and symptoms.<ref name=Bai_2004>{{cite journal |author=Bai J, Mazure R, Vazquez H, Niveloni S, Smecuol E, Pedreira S, Mauriño E |title=Whipple's disease |journal=Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol |volume=2 |issue=10 |pages=849-60 |year=2004 |pmid=15476147}}</ref>. | |||
* [[Arthritis]] up to 75% or [[arthralgia]]. Usually oligo- or polyarticular, symmetric, transient and can be chronic. | * [[Arthritis]] up to 75% or [[arthralgia]]. Usually oligo- or polyarticular, symmetric, transient and can be chronic. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Symptoms
Weight loss, diarrhea, joint pain, and arthritis are common presenting symptoms, but the presentation can be highly variable and approximately 15% of patients do not have these classic signs and symptoms.[1].
- Arthritis up to 75% or arthralgia. Usually oligo- or polyarticular, symmetric, transient and can be chronic.
- Malabsorption
- Intestinal lipodystrophy (accumulation of fatty deposits in the lymph nodes of the intestine)
- Lymphadenopathy
- Abdominal pain
- Diarrhea
- Fever
- Melanoderma
- Neurological symptoms
- Cognitive changes
- Nystagmus