Malabsorption
Malabsorption: Introduction
Malabsorption: Dysfunctional absorption.
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causes of Malabsorption, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Causes of Malabsorption:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Malabsorption.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
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Causes of Types of Malabsorption:
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Malabsorption
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Malabsorption: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Malabsorption
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms
of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed.
The best known, irritable bowel syndrome, is over-diagnosed,...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea
is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance.
The...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely
to cause some level of diarrhea in patients.
The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria,
but can also kill...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down
with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning).
In fact, it's more likely to be an infectious diarrheal illness (i.e. infectious diarrhea...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the
more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed
(it can, of course, also fail to be diagnosed with fatal effect).
One of the most common...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive
conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of
celiac disease)....read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent
difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases.
Some of the better known possibilities are ...read more »
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Malabsorption: Related Rare Diseases
Rare types of medical conditions and diseases in related medical categories:
Home Diagnostic Testing and Malabsorption
Home medical tests possibly related to Malabsorption:
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Definitions of Malabsorption:
Malabsorption: Imperfect, inadequate, or otherwise disordered gastrointestinal absorption.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Abnormal absorption of nutrients from the digestive tract
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Impaired absorption of nutrients in the gastrointestinal tract.
- (Source - CRISP)
Detailed list of causes of Malabsorption
The list below shows some of the causes of Malabsorption mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Malabsorption
How Common are these Causes of Malabsorption?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Malabsorption.
Of the 203
causes of Malabsorption that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 2
causes are "very common" diseases
- 1
causes are "common" diseases
- 3
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 3
causes are "rare" diseases
- 7
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 190
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 203
causes of Malabsorption
Conditions listing symptoms: Malabsorption:
The following list of conditions
have 'Malabsorption' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
A
Amyloidosis
... malabsorptionAmyloidosis beta2-microglobulinic
... malabsorptionAplasia cutis congenital - intestinal lymphangiectasia
... malabsorptionArthrogryposis multiplex congenita - pulmonary hypoplasia
... malabsorptionAscariasis
... malabsorptionAutoimmune polyendocrinopathy syndrome, type 1
... malabsorptionB
Bare lymphocyte syndrome
... malabsorptionBehcet's Disease
... malabsorptionBile acid synthesis defect, congenital, 2
... malabsorptionBile acid synthesis defect, congenital, 4
... malabsorptionBile acid synthesis defects
... malabsorptionBile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 1
... malabsorptionBile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 2
... malabsorptionBile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 3
... malabsorptionBile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 4
... malabsorptionBlind loop syndrome
... malabsorptionC
Celiac disease - epilepsy - occipital calcifications
... malabsorptionCeliac disease, susceptibility to 1
... malabsorptionCeliac disease, susceptibility to 10
... malabsorptionCeliac disease, susceptibility to 11
... malabsorptionCeliac disease, susceptibility to 12
... malabsorptionCeliac disease, susceptibility to 13
... malabsorptionCeliac disease, susceptibility to 2
... malabsorptionCeliac disease, susceptibility to 3
... malabsorptionCeliac disease, susceptibility to 4
... malabsorptionCeliac disease, susceptibility to 5
... malabsorptionCeliac disease, susceptibility to 6
... malabsorptionCeliac disease, susceptibility to 7
... malabsorptionCeliac disease, susceptibility to 8
... malabsorptionCeliac disease, susceptibility to 9
... malabsorptionCerebelloparenchymal autosomal recessive disorder 3
... malabsorptionChronic Pancreatitis
... malabsorptionCongenital short bowel
... malabsorptionCorneal dystrophy - pigmentary anomaly - malabsorption
... malabsorptionCote-Katsantoni syndrome
... malabsorptionCronkhite-Canada disease
... malabsorptionCutaneous photosensitivity colitis, lethal
... malabsorptionCystic Fibrosis
... malabsorptionCystic fibrosis - gastritis - megaloblastic anaemia
... malabsorptionCystic fibrosis - gastritis - megaloblastic anemia
... malabsorptionCystinuria
... malabsorptionD
Deafness mesenteric diverticula of small bowel neuropathy
... malabsorptionDeal-Barratt-Dillon syndrome
... malabsorptionDefective expression of HLA class 2
... malabsorptionDiarrhea 2, with Microvillous Atrophy
... malabsorptionDiarrhea chronic with villous atrophy
... malabsorptionDiarrhea, Glucose-Stimulated Secretory, with Common Variable Immunodeficiency
... malabsorptionDiffuse systemic sclerosi
... malabsorptionDupont-Sellier-Chochillon syndrome
... malabsorptionE
EGE
... malabsorptionEnteropathy type T-cell lymphoma
... malabsorptionEosinophilic enteropathy, pattern II
... malabsorptionErythroderma lethal congenital
... malabsorptionF
Fanconi-ichthyosis-dysmorphism
... malabsorptionFolate deficiency
... malabsorptionG
Giardia
... malabsorptionGluten allergy
... malabsorptionGroll-Hirschowitz syndrome
... malabsorptionH
Helminthiasis
... malabsorptionHyper IgM syndrome 1
... malabsorptionHyper IgM syndrome 3
... malabsorptionHyper IgM syndrome 4
... malabsorptionHyper-IgM Syndrome
... malabsorptionHypergammaglobulinemia
... malabsorptionHypoadrenocorticism - hypoparathyroidism - moniliasis
... malabsorptionI
ICF syndrome
... malabsorptionIntestinal capillariasis
... malabsorptionIntestinal pseudo-obstruction
... malabsorptionIsosporiasis
... malabsorptionIsosporosiasis
... malabsorptionJ
Johanson-Blizzard Syndrome
... malabsorptionK
Kashani-Strom-Utley syndrome
... malabsorptionL
Leukoencephalopathy, arthritis, colitis, and hypogammaglobulinema
... malabsorptionM
Mastocytosis
... malabsorptionMedrano-Roldan syndrome
... malabsorptionMetaphyseal chondrodysplasia, recessive type
... malabsorptionMHC class 1 or class 2 deficiency
... malabsorptionMicrovillus Inclusion Disease
... malabsorptionMitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome
... malabsorptionN
Natal teeth intestinal pseudoobstruction patent ductus
... malabsorptionNatal teeth, intestinal pseudoobstruction and patent ductus
... malabsorptionNeurofibromatosis, familial intestinal
... malabsorptionO
Obesity due to prohormone convertase-I deficiency
... malabsorptionP
Pancreatic insufficiency
... malabsorptionPancreatitis
... malabsorptionPearson's anemia
... malabsorptionPearson's marrow-pancreas syndrome
... malabsorptionPena Shokeir syndrome, type 1
... malabsorptionPolyneuropathy - Ophthalmoplegia - Leukoencehalopathy - Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction
... malabsorptionPrimary biliary cirrhosis
... malabsorptionPseudoobstruction idiopathic intestinal
... malabsorptionR
Rambaud-Galian syndrome
... malabsorptionRectractile mesenteritis
... malabsorptionS
Scleroderma sine scleroderma
... malabsorptionShwachman syndrome
... malabsorptionSiegler-Brewer-Carey syndrome
... malabsorptionSmall bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome
... malabsorptionSmall intestine diverticulosis
... MalabsorptionSomatostatinoma
... malabsorptionSpondyloepiphyseal dysplasia - nephrotic syndrome
... malabsorptionSprue
... malabsorptionSteroid dehydrogenase deficiency - dental anomalies
... malabsorptionSystemic mastocytosis
... malabsorptionT
Tricho-hepato-enteric syndrome
... malabsorptionU
Ulcerative colitis
... malabsorptionV
Visceral myopathy familial external ophthalmoplegia
... malabsorptionVisceral neuropathy, familial, autosomal dominant
... malabsorptionW
Whipple's Disease
... malabsorption
Conditions listing complications: Malabsorption:
The following list of conditions
have 'Malabsorption' or similar
listed as a complication in our database.
The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear,
and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
A
Ascariasis
... malabsorptionC
Chronic osmotic diarrhea
... malabsorptionChronic Pancreatitis
... malabsorptionChronic secretory diarrhea
... malabsorptionCrohn's disease
... malabsorptionCystic Fibrosis
... malabsorptionH
HIV-1, CRF01_AE
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF02_AG
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF04_ cpx
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF05_ D/F
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF06_cpx
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF07_BC
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF08_BC
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF11_cpx
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF12_BF
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF13_cpx
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF14_BG
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF15_01B
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF16_ A2D
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF17_BF
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF18_cpx
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF19_cpx
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF20_BG
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF21_A2D
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF22_01A1
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF23_BG
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF24_BG
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF25_cpx
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF26_AU
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF27_cpx
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF28_BF
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF29_BF
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF30_0206
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF31_BC
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF32_06A1
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF33_01B
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF34_01B
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF35_AD
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF36_cpx
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF37_cpx
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF38_BF
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF39_BF
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF40_BF
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF41_CD
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF42_BF
... malabsorptionHIV-1, CRF43_02G
... malabsorptionHIV-1A
... malabsorptionHIV-1A1
... malabsorptionHIV-1A2
... malabsorptionHIV-1A3
... malabsorptionHIV-1B
... malabsorptionHIV-1C
... malabsorptionHIV-1D
... malabsorptionHIV-1E
... malabsorptionHIV-1F
... malabsorptionHIV-1F1
... malabsorptionHIV-1F2
... malabsorptionHIV-1G
... malabsorptionHIV-1H
... malabsorptionHIV-1J
... malabsorptionHIV-1K
... malabsorptionHIV-1M
... malabsorptionHIV-1N
... malabsorptionHIV-1O
... malabsorptionHIV-2
... malabsorptionHIV-2A
... malabsorptionHIV-2B
... malabsorptionI
Immunoglobulinic amyloidosis
... malabsorptionM
Mastocytosis
... malabsorptionP
Pediatric AIDS
... malabsorptionS
Small intestine diverticulosis
... MalabsorptionSprue
... malabsorptionW
Whipple's Disease
... malabsorption
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Causes of Malabsorption Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Malabsorption based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Classifications of Malabsorption:
Medical Conditions associated with Malabsorption:
Digestive symptoms (4367 causes)
Symptoms related to Malabsorption:
Diarrhea (1887 causes), Weight loss (1848 causes), Digestive symptoms (4367 causes), Overactive thyroid gland, Intestinal tumor, Intestinal cancer, Intestinal surgery, Abdominal surgery, Crohn's disease, Diverticular disease, Liver disease, Gall bladder disease, Celiac disease
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