Gastroenterology · Gastroenterology / Malabsorption
Blind loop syndrome
also: Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth; Stagnant loop syndrome
Bacterial overgrowth in stagnant small bowel segments.
- Specialty
- Gastroenterology
- Subspecialty
- Gastroenterology / Malabsorption
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected; Children: yes, with short gut or dysmotility
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth; Stagnant loop syndrome
Etiology & mechanism
Stasis allowing colonic bacteria to deconjugate bile salts and consume nutrients.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (7)
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