Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
- Bloating, cramping, and gas
- Bulky stools
- Chronic diarrhea (may not occur with vitamin malabsorption)
Failure to thrive - Fatty stools (steatorrhea)
- Muscle wasting
- Weight loss
Malabsorption can affect growth and development, or it can lead to specific illnesses.
Signs and tests
- CT scan of the abdomen
Hydrogen breath test -
Schilling test for vitamin B12 deficiency Secretin stimulation test Small bowel biopsy -
Stool culture orculture of small intestine aspirate - Stool fat testing (See:
Quantitative stool fat test ) - X-rays of the small bowel or other imaging tests
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Review Date: 07/07/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of
Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San
Diego, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
