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What Is Malabsorption Syndrome
Malabsorption syndrome is the inability of the small intestine to absorb adequate amounts of nutrients from the digested food. Weight loss, chronic diarrhea, and passing of bulky stools which may have...
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What is Lactose Intolerance
What is Lactose intolerance ? Lactose intolerance is defined as the inability to tolerate milk and milk products, resulting from the deficiency of the enzyme lactase necessary for the digestion of the...
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What Is Celiac Sprue (Celiac Disease, Gluten Enteropathy)
Celiac sprue disease is defined as the intolerance to the protein gluten present in grains such as wheat, oats and barley. This hereditary condition results in malabsorption due to the typical...
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Tropical Sprue
Tropical sprue is a digestive disorder found in people inhabiting certain tropical regions, in whom the lining of the small intestine become abnormal due to unknown reasons, resulting in malabsorption...
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Whipple’s Disease (Intestinal Lipodystrophy)
Whipple’s disease is a malabsorption disorder caused when the lining of the small intestine is damaged by Tropheryma whippelii infection. It is also called intestinal lipodystrophy. Infection by...
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Intestinal Lymphangiectasia (Idiopathic Hypoproteinemia)
Intestinal lymphangiectasia is a malabsorptive disorder caused by abnormalities such as enlargement and obstruction of the lymph vessels which line the wall of the small intestine. It is also referred...
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Short Bowel Syndrome
Short bowel syndrome Or sometimes known as short gut syndrome develops when a considerable length of the small intestine is surgically removed, resulting in diarrhea and malabsorption. Significant...
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Bacterial Overgrowth Syndrome
Bacterial overgrowth syndrome is caused by the slowing down of intestinal movements facilitating the excess growth of normal bacteria inhabiting the intestines, resulting in malabsorption and diarrhea....
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Skin Rashes in Infants
Skin rashes of different types may occur in infants and children due to various reasons, but usually they are not very serious. Rashes in infants may be caused by viral, fungal and bacterial...
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