ALLMedicine™ Malabsorption Center

Jun 9th, 2021 - short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a rare, highly disabling, life-threatening condition due to extensive intestinal resections, characterized by diarrhea, malabsorption and malnutrition. SBS is the main cause of intestinal failure (SBS-IF). The primary...

Jun 4th, 2021 - Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis is a rare, heterogeneous group of liver disorders of autosomal recessive inheritance, characterised by an early onset of cholestasis with pruritus and malabsorption, which rapidly progresses, eventuall...

Jun 1st, 2021 - Obesity is a risk factor for zinc deficiency. After bariatric surgery, non-compliance to diet/vitamin supplements, surgical complications leading to vomiting/diarrhea, poor follow-up and malabsorption can precipitate or exacerbate pre-existing zin...

May 31st, 2021 - Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder of vitamin B12 malabsorption presenting with megaloblastic anemia and mild proteinuria in childhood. The disorder is caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in the CUBN or AMN genes, w...

May 24th, 2021 - The term "small intestinal bacterial overgrowth" (SIBO) has been used to refer to a disorder resulting from the colonization of the small bowel by an increased number of microorganisms or by the presence of bacteria that are not usual constituents...

Jul 10th, 2019 - This document presents the official recommendations of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) on the Laboratory Evaluation of Functional Diarrhea and Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS-D) in Adults. The guideline was de...

Dec 8th, 2017 - The spectrum varies from asymptomatic carriage to severe diarrhea and malabsorption. Acute giardiasis develops after an incubation period of 1 to 14 days (average of 7 days) and usually lasts 1 to 3 weeks. Symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal pain...

Aug 4th, 2011 - Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) occurs in 2–5% of adult men and postmenopausal women in the developed world and is a common cause of referral to gastroenterologists. Gastrointestinal (GI) blood loss from colonic cancer or gastric cancer, and malabso...

May 12th, 2011 - Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) occurs in 2-5% of adult men and postmenopausal women in the developed world and is a common cause of referral to gastroenterologists. Gastrointestinal (GI) blood loss from colonic cancer or gastric cancer, and malabso...

Sep 1st, 2010 - To develop a set of recommendations for clinicians caring for patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) to guide their approach to the patient with malnutrition and possible malabsorption. The Canadian Scleroderma Research Group convened a meeting of...

Jun 9th, 2021 - short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a rare, highly disabling, life-threatening condition due to extensive intestinal resections, characterized by diarrhea, malabsorption and malnutrition. SBS is the main cause of intestinal failure (SBS-IF). The primary...

Jun 4th, 2021 - Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis is a rare, heterogeneous group of liver disorders of autosomal recessive inheritance, characterised by an early onset of cholestasis with pruritus and malabsorption, which rapidly progresses, eventuall...

Jun 1st, 2021 - Obesity is a risk factor for zinc deficiency. After bariatric surgery, non-compliance to diet/vitamin supplements, surgical complications leading to vomiting/diarrhea, poor follow-up and malabsorption can precipitate or exacerbate pre-existing zin...

May 31st, 2021 - Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder of vitamin B12 malabsorption presenting with megaloblastic anemia and mild proteinuria in childhood. The disorder is caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in the CUBN or AMN genes, w...

May 24th, 2021 - The term "small intestinal bacterial overgrowth" (SIBO) has been used to refer to a disorder resulting from the colonization of the small bowel by an increased number of microorganisms or by the presence of bacteria that are not usual constituents...

May 24th, 2021 - A new oral formulation of vitamin D3 — calcifediol (25-hydroxyvitamin D3, 25(OH)D3) — is better absorbed by people with obesity or intestinal malabsorption due to a variety of reasons, making it much more effective at treating vitamin D deficiency...

Feb 22nd, 2021 - The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a drug safety update on Alkindi (hydrocortisone granules, Diurnal), after a report of severe adrenal insufficiency in an infant who was switched from hydrocortisone soluble ...

Sep 2nd, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with chronic pancreatitis frequently go without recommended bone-health surveillance, new findings suggest. "Chronic pancreatitis is associated with an increased risk of metabolic bone disease. Therefore, screeni...

Jul 20th, 2020 - Vitamin D is a vitamin obtained from sun exposure, a few foods, and many dietary supplements. In proper amounts, vitamin D plays a role in the prevention of osteomalacia and osteoporosis in adults and rickets in children. Vitamin D deficiency can ...

Jul 20th, 2020 - Vitamin D is a vitamin obtained from sun exposure, a few foods, and many dietary supplements. In proper amounts, vitamin D plays a role in the prevention of osteomalacia and osteoporosis in adults and rickets in children. Vitamin D deficiency can ...