Complications of Whipple's Disease

Complications list for Whipple's Disease:

The list of complications that have been mentioned in various sources for Whipple's Disease includes:

• Malabsorption
• Arthritis
• Death - if untreated
• Heart failure
• Eye complications (see Eye symptoms)
• Brain complications (see Brain symptoms)
• Certain nervous system disorders

See also the symptoms of Whipple's Disease and Whipple's Disease: Introduction.

Complications and sequelae of Whipple's Disease from the Diseases Database include:

• Splenomegaly
• Diarrhoea
• Abdominal pain
• Aseptic meningitis
• Cardiac failure, low output
• Pulmonary fibrosis
• Lymphadenopathy
• Malabsorption syndrome
• Ascites
• Pleural effusion
• Pneumatosis intestinalis
• Pyrexia of unknown origin
• Endocarditis
• Hyperpigmentation
• Digital clubbing
• Arthropathy
• Pericarditis

See also the symptoms of Whipple's Disease and Whipple's Disease: Introduction.

Whipple's Disease Symptoms: Book Excerpts

• Signs and symptoms - Celiac disease
• Signs and symptoms - Secondary polycythemia
• Signs and symptoms - Polycythemia, secondary

You may also want to research other symptoms in our Symptoms Center.

About complications:

Complications of Whipple's Disease are secondary conditions, symptoms, or other disorders that are caused by Whipple's Disease. In many cases the distinction between symptoms of Whipple's Disease and complications of Whipple's Disease is unclear or arbitrary.

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