Patient Story

Disease : Chronic-IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome),Chronic-Malabsorption Syndrome

Last Updated on : 21 Oct 2022

Case Started on : 15 Jun 2012

Malabsorption is a state arising from an abnormality in the absorption of food nutrients across the gastrointestinal tract. Impairment can be of single or multiple nutrients depending on the abnormality. The main purpose of the gastrointestinal tract is to digest and absorb nutrients (fat, carbohydrate, protein, and fibre), micronutrients (vitamins and trace minerals), water, and electrolytes.
Digestion involves both the mechanical and enzymatic breakdown of food.
Mechanical processes include chewing, gastric churning, and to-and-fro mixing in the small intestine.
Enzymatic hydrolysis is initiated by intraluminal processes requiring gastric, pancreatic, and biliary secretions.
The final products of digestion are absorbed through the intestinal epithelial cells.
Malabsorption constitutes the pathological interference with the normal physiological sequence of digestion (intraluminal process), absorption (mucosal process) and transport (post mucosal events) of nutrients Causes: Congenital structural defects or diseases of the pancreas, gall bladder, or liver may alter the digestive process. Inflammation, infection, injury, or surgical removal of portions of the intestine may also result in absorption problems; reduced length or surface area of the intestine available for fluid and nutrient absorption can result in malabsorption. Radiation therapy may injure the intestine's mucosal lining, resulting in diarrhoea that may not become evident until several years later.
Some antibiotics can also affect the bacteria that usually live in the intestine and affect intestinal function. The most common symptoms of malabsorption includeFollowing=-
Anaemia, with weakness and fatigue due to inadequate absorption of vitamin B12, iron, and folic acid diarrhoea, steatorrhea (an excessive amount of fat in the stool), and abdominal distention with cramps, bloating, and gas due to impaired water and carbohydrate absorption, and irritation from unabsorbed fatty acids.
The individual may also report explosive diarrhoea with greasy, foul-smelling stools. Edema (fluid retention in the body's tissues) due to decreased protein absorptionMalnutrition and weight loss due to decreased fat, carbohydrate, and protein absorption. Weight may be 80-90% of usual weight despite increased oral intake of nutrients. Muscle cramping due to decreased vitamin D, calcium, and potassium levels, muscle wasting and atrophy due to reduced protein absorption and metabolism. Perianal skin burning, itching, or soreness due to frequent loose stools. Irregular heart rhythms may also result from inadequate potassium levels and other electrolytes. Blood clotting disorders may occur due to a vitamin K deficiency. Children with malabsorption syndrome often exhibit a failure to grow and thrive. Treatment--- Other than maintaining proper nutrition and electrolyte balance, Homeopathic constitutional medicine produces promising result. Cured Case-
This patient came to the clinic of Dr Ravi at Balrampur.
When he first came to clinic, he was getting the following symptoms Gas, acidity, rumbling in the abdomen, feeling of restlessness, and anxiety. He has a fear of living alone and a loss of confidence.
He was losing weight constantly.

He visited a famous gastroenterologist in Lucknow and was diagnosed with MALABSORPTION SYNDROME.
He was not getting relief with Allopathic treatment and hence resorted to homoeopathy.
This case has responded well both in his Malabsorption Syndrome and Anxiety neurosis with Constitutional Homeopathic Medicine Ars Alb 0/1