Malabsorption state

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• Synonyms

  • Nutrient malabsorption

• Causes

  • Diarrhoea
  • Insufficient digestive enzymes
  • Coeliac disease
  • Tropical sprue
  • Whipple's disease
  • Crohn's disease
  • Short bowel syndrome
  • Gastrectomy
  • Bowel bacterial overgrowth
  • Gastric atrophy
  • Giardiasis
  • Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
  • Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome
  • Strongyloides stercoralis
  • Cysticercosis
  • Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy
  • Wolman disease

• Effects

  • Osteoporosis
  • Osteomalacia
  • Vitamin D deficiency
  • Malnutrition
  • Aphthous ulcer
  • Short stature
  • Iron malabsorption
  • Bile salt malabsorption
  • Diarrhoea
  • Secondary hyperparathyroidism
  • Clotting factor deficiency
  • Weight loss

• Description

  • "Vitamin K malabsorption results in failure of prothrombin synthesis in the liver."