Tropical sprue - Sanjay Manohar's Medical Browser
Causes
Effects
Parents
Treatments
Description
- "Caribbean
- southern India
- and Southeast Asia
- affects both natives and visitors.
Pathology:
Malabsorption of folate and vitamin B12 deficiency - Megaloblastic anemia.
?? chronic infection small bowel infection by coliforms.
Treatment:
-Tetracycline
- B12
- Folic acid"