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Jan 2024
10m 39s

Bugs and Drugs: Tropical Sprue

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For those that travel to paradise, you are looking forward to sunshine, sandy toes and…intestinal pain? Tropical Sprue, not to be confused with traveler’s diarrhea, is a chronic malabsorption syndrome that can plague those living in or visiting tropical regions.

Symptoms like chronic diarrhea, weight loss, and fatigue can turn your dream vacation into a living nightmare. We’ll break down how to diagnose this sneaky, gut mimicking gut issue and the different treatments like dietary changes and antibiotics to restore your gut health back to normal.

Join Dr. Niket Sonpal as he dives into this mysterious gut condition and unravels its secrets to get you back to enjoying paradise.

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