Q. Symptoms of malabsorption syndrome?
The most common symptoms are weakness, lassitude and marked weight loss. Steatorrhoea (excess fat in stools), anaemia and chronic ill health. Diarrlhoea is the most common GI tract disturbance along with flatulence, mild abdominal pain, amrexia, nausea and vomiting. Nutritional deficiency commonly occurs and may manifest itself as glossitis, tetany, bone pain and paraesthesia and convulsions. The objective evidence of these are scenes smooth tongue, oedema, dry skin, bleeding, pigmentation, dermatitis, peripheral neuropathy and proximal muscle atrophy.