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Overview
History
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
Signs
Possible signs for Whipple's diseases include the following.
- Enlarged lymph glands
- Fatty stools
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Swelling in body tissues (edema)
- Adenopathy