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*[[Tropical sprue]]
*[[Tropical sprue]]
*[[Traveller's diarrhoea]]
*[[Traveller's diarrhoea]]
*[[Parasites]] e.g. [[giardiasis|''Giardia lamblia'']], [[Diphyllobothrium|fish tape worm]]  (B12 malabsorption), [[Strongyloides stercoralis|round warm]], [[hookworm]] (''Ancylostoma duodenale'' and ''Necator americanus'').
*[[Parasites]] e.g. [[giardiasis|''Giardia lamblia'']], [[Diphyllobothrium|fish tape worm]]  ([[Vitamin B12|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 18:10, 27 March 2013

Malabsorption

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Overview

Classification

Infection
Structural defect
Digestive failure
Systemic disease
Iatrogenic

Differentiating Malabsorption from other Diseases

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Causes

Due to Infective Agents

Due to Structural Defects[1]

Due to Mucosal Abnormality

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

Due to Other Systemic Diseases Affecting GI Tract

References

  1. M. S Losowsky,. Malabsorption in clinical practice. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 0-443-01007-2.