A disorder characterized by inadequate absorption of nutrients in the small intestine. Symptoms include abdominal marked discomfort, bloating and diarrhea.
A group of symptoms such as gas, bloating, abdominal pain, and diarrhea resulting from the body’s inability to properly absorb nutrients.
A syndrome resulting from the inadequate absorption of nutrients in the small intestine. Symptoms include abdominal pain, bloating, and diarrhea.
General term for a group of malnutrition syndromes caused by failure of normal intestinal absorption of nutrients.
Impaired absorption of nutrients in the gastrointestinal tract.
Malabsorption: decreased absorption of fat and other nutrients caused by liver, biliary, pancreatic or intestinal disease. The 72-hour fecal fat determination is the best single test for mal- absorption.
Your small intestine does most of the digesting of the foods you eat. If you have a malabsorption syndrome, your small intestine cannot absorb nutrients from foods.causes of malabsorption syndromes include
Postsurgical blind loop syndrome
Celiac disease
Tropical sprue
Blind loop syndrome, not elsewhere classified
Pancreatic steatorrhea
Other malabsorption due to intolerance
Non-celiac gluten sensitivity
Malabsorption due to intolerance, not elsewhere classified
Other intestinal malabsorption
Whipple’s disease
Other intestinal malabsorption
Intestinal malabsorption, unspecified