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*[[Tropical sprue]] | *[[Tropical sprue]] | ||
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*[[Parasites]] | *[[Parasites]] e.g. [[giardiasis|''Giardia lamblia'']], [[Diphyllobothrium|fish tape worm]] (B12 malabsorption); [[Strongyloides stercoralis|round warm]] , [[hookworm]] (''Ancylostoma duodenale'' and ''Necator americanus''). | ||
===Due to Structural Defects<ref>{{cite book |author=M. S Losowsky, |title=Malabsorption in clinical practice |publisher=Churchill Livingstone |location=Edinburgh |year= |pages= |isbn=0-443-01007-2 |oclc= |doi=}}</ref>=== | ===Due to Structural Defects<ref>{{cite book |author=M. S Losowsky, |title=Malabsorption in clinical practice |publisher=Churchill Livingstone |location=Edinburgh |year= |pages= |isbn=0-443-01007-2 |oclc= |doi=}}</ref>=== |
Revision as of 17:11, 30 November 2012
Malabsorption |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Causes
Due to Infective Agents
- Whipple's disease
- Intestinal tuberculosis
- HIV related malabsorption
- Tropical sprue
- Traveller's diarrhoea
- Parasites e.g. Giardia lamblia, fish tape worm (B12 malabsorption); round warm , hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus).
Due to Structural Defects[1]
- Blind loops
- Inflammatory bowel diseases commonly in Crohn's Disease
- Intestinal hurry from Post-gastrectomy; post-vagotomy, gastro-jejunostomy
- Fistulae, diverticulae and strictures,
- Infiltrative conditions such as amyloidosis, lymphoma, Eosinophilic gastroenteropathy
- Radiation enteritis
- Systemic sclerosis and collagen vascular diseases
Due to Mucosal Abnormality
- Celiac disease
- Cows' milk intolerance
- Soya milk intolerance
Due to Enzyme Defeciencies
- Lactase deficiency inducing lactose intolerance (constitutional, secondary or rarely congenital)
- Sucrose intolerance
- Intestinal disaccharidase defeciency
- Intestinal enteropeptidase defeciency
Due to Digestive Failure
- Pancreatic insuffeciencies:
- Bile salt malabsorption
- terminal ileal disease
- obstructive jaundice
- bacterial overgrowth
Due to Other Systemic Diseases Affecting GI Tract
- Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism
- Addison's disease
- Diabetes mellitus
- Hyperparathyroidism and Hypoparathyroidism
- Carcinoid syndrome
- Malnutrition
- Abeta-lipoproteinemia
References
- ↑ M. S Losowsky,. Malabsorption in clinical practice. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 0-443-01007-2.