What is Malabsorption?
What is Malabsorption?
- Malabsorption: Failure to digest nutrients properly.
- Malabsorption: abnormal absorption of nutrients from the digestive tract.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Malabsorption: Introduction
Types of Malabsorption:
Broader types of Malabsorption:
How serious is Malabsorption?
Complications of Malabsorption:
see complications of Malabsorption
What causes Malabsorption?
Causes of Malabsorption: see causes of Malabsorption
What are the symptoms of Malabsorption?
Symptoms of Malabsorption:
see symptoms of Malabsorption
Complications of Malabsorption:
see complications of Malabsorption
Malabsorption: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Malabsorption.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Malabsorption.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Malabsorption:
see treatments for Malabsorption
Society issues for Malabsorption
Hospitalization statistics for Malabsorption:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Malabsorption:
- 0.036% (4,617) of hospital consultant episodes were for intestinal malabsorption in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 94% of hospital consultant episodes for intestinal malabsorption required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 34% of hospital consultant episodes for intestinal malabsorption were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 64% of hospital consultant episodes for intestinal malabsorption were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 10% of hospital consultant episodes for intestinal malabsorption required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 8 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for intestinal malabsorption in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Malabsorption:
Organs and body systems related to Malabsorption include:
Name of Malabsorption
Main name of condition: Malabsorption
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