GI Tutorial 2

Question 1

5 causes of intestinal malabsorption

Answer 1

Digestive failure from enzyme deficiencies
Structural defects
Mucosal abnormality
Infective agents
Systemic diseases affecting GI tract

Question 2

What type of diarrhea does
1. Rotavirus
2. Vibrio cholera
3. Giardia lamblia
4. Shigella flexneri
cause?

Answer 2

1. Osmotic and secretory
2. Secretory
3. Osmotic
4. Osmotic