Tropical sprue

Introduction: Tropical sprue

Description of Tropical sprue

Tropical sprue (medical condition): A rare digestive disease where the small intestine can't absorb nutrients...more »

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Tropical sprue: chronic malabsorption syndrome occuring mainly in residents of or visitors to the tropics or subtropics; failed intestinal absorption of nutrients results in malnutrition and anemia due to folate deficiency.
Source: Diseases Database

Tropical sprue: chronic malabsorption syndrome occuring mainly in residents of or visitors to the tropics or subtropics; failed intestinal absorption of nutrients results in malnutrition and anemia due to folate deficiency.
Source: CRISP

Tropical sprue: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Tropical sprue:

• Sprue
• Malabsorption (219 causes)
• Malabsorption syndrome (62 causes)
• Intestinal
• Intestinal symptoms (5299 causes)
• Intestinal disease
• Intestinal disorder
• Intestinal pain

Tropical sprue as a Disease

Tropical sprue (medical condition): See Tropical sprue (disease information).
  »Introduction: Tropical sprue
  »Symptoms of Tropical sprue

Tropical sprue: Related Diseases

Tropical sprue: Tropical sprue is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Sprue
• Intestine conditions
• Abdominal conditions
• Chronic digestive conditions
• Autoimmune conditions
• Immune system conditions
• Allergy-like conditions
• Mucus membrane conditions
• Digestive conditions

More information on medical condition: Tropical sprue:

• Information about Tropical sprue
• Basic Summary for Tropical sprue
• Symptoms of Tropical sprue

Tropical sprue: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Tropical sprue:

• Lactose intolerance
• IBS
• Ischemic colitis
• ulcerative colitis
• Crohn's disease
• Medications (e.g., laxatives, antibiotics, anticholinergics, chemotherapy, metformin)
• Malabsorption syndromes
• Vasculitis
• Neoplasia
• Appendicitis
• Adrenal insufficiency

Terms associated with Tropical sprue:

Broader terms for Tropical sprue

• malabsorption

Source - CRISP

The description of Tropical sprue may also be used for the following terms:

• sprue

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Tropical sprue

The following list attempts to classify Tropical sprue into categories where each line is subset of the next.

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Intestinal malabsorption
• OTHER DISEASES OF DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
• DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

External links related to: Tropical sprue

• eMedicine - Sprue, Tropical : Article by Oluyinka S Adediji, MD

Source: Diseases Database

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