Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis

Introduction: Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis

Description of Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis

Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis (medical condition): Rare malabsorption disease from bacterial digestive infection...more »

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Whipple's Disease:
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Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis:

• Intestinal
• Intestinal symptoms (5299 causes)
• Intestinal disease
• Intestinal disorder
• Intestinal pain
• Lipophagic
• Granulomatosis

Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis, or a subtype of Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis as a "rare disease".

Source - Orphanet

Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis as a Disease

Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis: Another name for Whipple's Disease (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Whipple's Disease
  »Symptoms of Whipple's Disease
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Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis: Related Diseases

Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis: Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Digestive Diseases
• Bacterial diseases
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• Abdominal conditions
• Digestive conditions
• Nutritional conditions
• Deficiency conditions

Symptoms of Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis (Whipple's Disease)

Some of the symptoms of Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis incude:

• Digestive symptoms:
  • Diarrhea
  • Intestinal bleeding
  • Abdominal bloating
  • Abdominal cramps

See full list of 59 symptoms of Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis (Whipple's Disease)

Treatments for Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis (Whipple's Disease)

Treatments for Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis (Whipple's Disease) include:

• Antibiotics
• Fluid replacement
• Electrolyte replacement
• Other treatments for malabsorption
• Treatments for nutrient deficiencies:

See full list of 10 treatments for Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis

Treatment of Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis: For more treatment information about Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis, see treatment of Whipple's Disease (Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis)

Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis: Article Excerpts about Whipple's Disease

Whipple's disease is a malabsorption disease. It interferes with the body's ability to absorb certain... (Source: excerpt from Whipple's Disease: NIDDK)

Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis:

• Tropheryma whippelii
• T whippelii
• intestinal lipodystrophy
• WD
• polyarthralgias
• chronic diarrhea
• Whipple disease with symptomatic CNS involvement
• fever of unknown origin

Terms associated with Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis:

Terms Similar to Intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis:

• Secondary Non-tropical Sprue
• Whipple disease
• Intestinal lipodystrophy

Source - NIH

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