About The Medical Condition Blind Loop Syndromes

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Blind Loop Syndromes

Blind Loop Syndromes Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Blind Loop Syndromes Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Blind Loop Syndromes?

Malabsorption, especially of vitamin B12 or folic acid, due to metabolic competition by bacteria proliferating in a segment of small intestine excluded from normal peristaltic movement; it may occur as a postoperative complication of side-to-side anastomosis of intestine, as a result of intestinal diverticula, fistula, etc.

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