WHIPPLE DISEASE

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	WHIPPLE DISEASE
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WHIPPLE DISEASE

Disease of Whipple

Syndrome of malabsorción (the foods do not take advantage of) caused by an infection by an agent who has still not been able to isolate.

Prognosis

Without treatment he is mortal in the short term.

With the treatment they can take place recaidas that forces to change the treatment, prolonging it in the time, but usually it is cured.

Complications

They can appear problems in the sanguineous coagulation.

It can affect the blood vessels.

They can appear lymphatic cancers.

Prevention

Stranger.

Diagnosis and treatment

The diagnosis is made by means of the microscopic analysis of a thin sample of obtained intestine by means of biopsy.

General Measures

They do not exist specific.

Medication

Several curativos antibiotic regimes exist, but they must be followed strictly during long time (at least a year).

Activity

Initially, and according to the physical state, it will have to be restricted.

Diet

To avoid, until the remission (disappearance) of the symptoms, the fats, that increase the pain abdominal.

Factors of risk

The mechanism of transmission of the disease is not known, that on the other hand is rare, reason why the possible factors of risk are not known.

Signs and symptoms

Insidioso beginning.

The characteristic symptoms but are:

Abdominal pain.

Diarrea.

It causes difficulties to swallow solid foods,

Esteatorrea (greasy without digesting in lees).

Digestive hemorrhage.

Fever.

Swelling of ganglia generalized.

Pain joints.

Edema.

Cutaneous coloration between brown gray and.

Serious symptoms of the Central Nervous System.

Anemia and lack of proteinas in the blood.

Causes

Infection by a bacillus that causes an intense inflammation of all the intestine (and of all the organism), which prevents the food absorption.

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