Description:
Short Bowel Syndrome is a condition in which the nutrients are not absorbed properly (malabsorption) due to a severe intestinal disease or surgical removal of most of the small intestine. When most of the small intestine surgically removed, or because of defects that occur before birth (congenital defect), the possibility of intestinal surface is not large enough to absorb food nutrition.
This condition may develop when one-half or more of the intestine removed during surgery. Risk factors include the small bowel disease that may require surgery, such as Crohn's disease. While infants are usually the cause Necrotizing enterocolitis.
Symptom
* Diarrhea
* Fatigue
* Pale
* Swelling (edema), especially of the legs
* Very smelly
* Weight loss decreases
Treatment
Treatment aims to relieve symptoms, and can include:
* High-calorie foods that supply vitamins and minerals, and other types of carbohydrates, proteins, and certain fat
* Some vitamins and minerals may be given by injection
* Treatment for anemia with vitamin B12, folic acid, and increased dietary iron
* Drugs to slow the normal movement of the intestine (nutrients extend the time spent in the small intestine)
* Tube of food through the veins (parenteral nutrition), when normal eating is not giving enough nutrients (sometimes a patient can eat normally again after they have been stable)
Short Bowel Syndrome is a condition in which the nutrients are not absorbed properly (malabsorption) due to a severe intestinal disease or surgical removal of most of the small intestine. When most of the small intestine surgically removed, or because of defects that occur before birth (congenital defect), the possibility of intestinal surface is not large enough to absorb food nutrition.
This condition may develop when one-half or more of the intestine removed during surgery. Risk factors include the small bowel disease that may require surgery, such as Crohn's disease. While infants are usually the cause Necrotizing enterocolitis.
Symptom
* Diarrhea
* Fatigue
* Pale
* Swelling (edema), especially of the legs
* Very smelly
* Weight loss decreases
Treatment
Treatment aims to relieve symptoms, and can include:
* High-calorie foods that supply vitamins and minerals, and other types of carbohydrates, proteins, and certain fat
* Some vitamins and minerals may be given by injection
* Treatment for anemia with vitamin B12, folic acid, and increased dietary iron
* Drugs to slow the normal movement of the intestine (nutrients extend the time spent in the small intestine)
* Tube of food through the veins (parenteral nutrition), when normal eating is not giving enough nutrients (sometimes a patient can eat normally again after they have been stable)
