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Duke PA Chronic Diarrhea, Malabsorption, and Celiac Disease

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you never see blood with __   secretory or osmotic diarrhea  
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chronic diarrhea + weight loss + nutritional deficiencies = __   malabsorption  
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chronic blood diarrhea = __   ulcerative colotis  
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chronic diarrhea without nutritional deficiencies = __   lactose intolerance, IBS, laxative overuse/abuse  
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always consider __ in patients 40 years and older with chronic diarrhea   colon cancer  
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malabsorption can be caused by __   impaired digestion/absorption/transit  
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steatorrhea is a hallmark symptom of __   malabsorption  
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__ is ideal screen for malabsorption (gold standard)   stool test for fat  
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most useful for diagnosing lactase deficiency   hydrogen breath test  
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aka, non-tropical sprue, gluten-sensitive enteropathy   celiac disease  
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inflammatory response of small bowel to ingestion of gluten proteins found in wheat, rye and barley   celiac disease  
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protein malabsorption have   wasting, edema  
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carbohydrate malabsorption have   ab cramping and bloating, weight loss/growth retardation, soft diarrhea  
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classic malabsorption   fat malabsorption  
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complication of untreated celiac disease   lymphoma  
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clinical syndromes associated with malabsorption   lactase def., giardiasis, celiac dz, tropical sprue, amyloidosis, lymphoma, whipple's dz, bacterial overgrowth, short gut syndrome  
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classic test for malabsorption is __   fecal fat  
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drugs and foods associated with malabsorption   cholestyramine, high fiber diets, tetracycline, antacids, sorbitol, fructose, Xenical, metformin, colchicine, methotrexate, sulfasalazine, phenytoin  
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celiac disease is an __ disorder. It also has a genetic component HLA-DQ2, HLA-DQ8 association   autoimmune disorder  
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this disease can often present with everything but GI symptoms   Celiac disease  
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classical presentation of __ is diarrhea with steatorrhea, weight loss, nutritional deficiencies   Celiac disease  
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celiac disease extra-intestinal manifestations   short stature, fatigue, amenorrhea, decrease fertility, arthropathy, iron def. anemia, folate/vit K def, osteopenia, osteoporosis, muscle atrophy, neurologic, dental enamel hypoplasia  
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celiac disease patients with mild proximal disease may have only __ without any GI symptoms   anemia and osteoporosis  
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celiac disease patients with significant distal disease involvement usually have __   persistent diarrhea  
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cutaneous variant of celiac disease. Only seen in 10% of those with celiac but everyone with this has celiac   dermatitis herpetiformis  
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intensely pruritic papulovesicular rash of trunk, scalp, and extremities associated with celiac disease   dermatitis herpetiformis  
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physical exam for celiac disease-check   teeth for enamel loss, muscle atrophy, kyphosis, bruises, increased abdominal signs  
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laboratory evaluation of celiac disease   CBC, PT, iron, B12, folate, calcium, alk phosphatase, albumin, beta carotene, ESR  
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accurate serological tests for __ are now widely available. anti-endomysial IGA (most specific), anti-tTGA (cheaper, less difficult, test of choice)   celiac disease  
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still the gold standard confirmation test for celiac disease   duodenal mucosal biopsy  
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pathognomonic findings with duodenal mucosal biopsy in celiac disease   villous atrophy, crypt hyperplasia, lympocytic infiltration of lamina propria, increased intraepithelial lymphocytes  
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__ cures celiac disease symptoms   gluten free diet  
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complications of celiac disease   malignancy (lymphoma, but also squamous cell ca of esophagus, colon and hepatocellular ca), other autoimmune disease, nutritional def., musculoskeletal injuries, deformities  
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inflammatory disease of small bowel secondary to overgrowth of coliforms    
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