Prognosis of Whipple's Disease

Prognosis of Whipple's Disease: Good once diagnosed and treated. Poor if untreated. ...see also Overview of Whipple's Disease

Prognosis for Whipple's Disease: Symptoms usually disappear after 1 to 3 months of treatment. Because relapse is common even after successful treatment, the health care team may continue to observe patients for some time. (Source: excerpt from Whipple's Disease: NIDDK) ...see also Overview of Whipple's Disease

Onset of Whipple's Disease: 4th-7th decade

Complications:

Complications of Whipple's Disease may include:

• Malabsorption
• Arthritis
• Death - if untreated
• Heart failure
• Eye complications (see Eye symptoms)
• more complications...»

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

• Splenomegaly
• Diarrhoea
• Abdominal pain
• Aseptic meningitis
• Cardiac failure, low output
• more complications...»

See also complications of Whipple's Disease.

Whipple's Disease: Research More

• Whipple's Disease: Introduction
• Symptoms: Whipple's Disease
• Complications: Whipple's Disease
• Treatments: Whipple's Disease

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Whipple's Disease usually refers to the likely outcome of Whipple's Disease. The prognosis of Whipple's Disease may include the duration of Whipple's Disease, chances of complications of Whipple's Disease, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Whipple's Disease, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Whipple's Disease. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.

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