Diarrhoea
Malabsorption
HSP
Gastroenteritis
Medications
Overlap with protein-losing enteropathies
- Low albumin, Ig's, oedema/ascities
- Mucosal disease: ...
- Lymphatic obstruction
- loss of lymph = low lymphocytes
- lack of pathway for absorption of fats > steatorrhea and VitA/D/E/K def
Factitious diarrhoea:
- laxative abuse
- adding H2O/urine other liquid to stool
- Stool electolytes
- Scope: Melanosis coli > ? senna but not specific