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27 sie 2024 · Tropical sprue is a rare infectious disease. It damages your small intestine so your body can’t absorb nutrients. It typically affects people who live in or make long trips to tropical areas, including the Caribbean. Symptoms include chronic diarrhea and pale, greasy, smelly poop.
Tropical sprue in children Eleven Puerto Rican children with chronic diarrhea, intestinal malabsorption, abnormal jejunal mucosa, megaIoblastir bone marrow, and malnutrition have been studied.
13 mar 2012 · Tropical sprue is an important cause of malabsorption in adults and in children in South Asia. Investigations to exclude specific infective, immunological or inflammatory causes are important...
30 sty 2023 · Tropical sprue is a malabsorption syndrome characterized by acute or chronic diarrhea. It is seen in the people of the tropical region without any specific cause of malabsorption. It is thought to be infectious in etiology with a contribution of environmental factors.
• Gastrointesinal symptoms are distinctly different in celiac vs. tropical spru, vs. Whipple’s Disease • Skin lesions are not seen in tropical spru, are most common in Whipple’s disease, and occur most often on the palms and soles in celiac spru • The endoscopic and histologic appearance is most similar for celiac and tropical spru
A diagnosis of tropical sprue, an infrequent affliction of inhabitants and travelers in tropical regions, should be considered in patients with a compatible history, malabsorption, and chronic diarrhea. It can occur in either endemic or epidemic form and can be preceded by acute gastroenteritis.
Tropical sprue is recognized as a fairly common disease among adults living in certain parts of the tropics, but it is us ually assumed that children are rarely, if ever, affected.
