What is Whipple Disease? How to manage it? What are the precautions to be taken? What are the signs and symptoms? What is the cause of this disease? How to treat it? How can homeopathy help you? All of this answered, in this post and of course our doctors always there to help you. Just fill in your details in the form down below and we will answer all your questions for FREE!
What is Whipple disease?
Whipple disease is a bacterial infection caused by Tropheryma whipple, it interferes with the normal process of digestion by preventing normal food breakdown which results in reducing body’s ability to absorb nutrients.
Who are at higher risk of Whipple disease?
Males are at higher risk of having Whipple disease than females and is common in middle-aged and elderly persons.
What are the causes of Whipple Disease?
It is caused by Bacteria called Tropheryma whipplei, which causes cause internal sores and the tissues thickening
What are the symptoms of Whipple Disease?
• Pain in joints
• Gastrointestinal bleeding
• chronic diarrhea
• weight loss
• Abdominal pain
• Bloating
• decreased vision
• Eye pain
• Fever
• Fatigue
• Anemia
• Dementia
• Facial numbness
• A headache
• Difficulty walking
• Skin darkening
• Enlarged lymph nodes
• A chronic cough
• Chest pain
• Heart failure
How to investigate Whipple Disease?
• Endoscopy
• Biopsy
• Electron microscopy
• polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing
• Endoscopy
What are other similar diseases?
• Celiac sprue
• Malabsorption
• Abdominal angina
How Whipple disease can give worse results?
• Weight loss
• Nutritional deficiencies
• Brain damage
• Heart valve damage
What is diet management of Whipple disease?
• Proper fluid
• Electrolyte replacement
• Iron or folate supplements
• Intake of Vitamin D and calcium, and magnesium
• Vitamin K
• Diet high in calories and protein
For more information, you can visit MayoClinic and HealthLine.
