Fructose malabsorption

Fructose malabsorption is a condition in which the fructose carrier in enterocytes is deficient. Symptoms and medical tests are similar as in lactose intolerance. This condition is common in patients with symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. An appropriate diet can help. A small proportion of patients with both fructose malabsorption and lactose intolerance suffers from coeliac disease.

This is not to be confused with fructose intolerance, an inherited condition in which the liver enzymes are deficient that break fructose up.

See also: Gastroenterology

Health science - Medicine - Gastroenterology

Diseases of the esophagus - stomach

Halitosis - Nausea - Vomiting - GERD - Achalasia - Esophageal cancer; - Esophageal varices; - Peptic ulcer; - Abdominal pain; - Stomach cancer - functional dyspepsia;

Diseases of the liver - pancreas - gallbladder - biliary tree

Hepatitis - Cirrhosis - NASH - Budd-Chiari syndrome; - Hepatocellular carcinoma; - Pancreatitis - Pancreatic cancer - Gallstones - Cholecystitis

Diseases of the small intestine

Peptic ulcer; - Malabsorption (e.g. celiac disease;, lactose intolerance;, fructose malabsorption;, Whipple's disease;) - Lymphoma

Diseases of the colon

Diarrhea - Appendicitis - Diverticulitis - Diverticulosis - IBD (Crohn's disease; and Ulcerative colitis;) - Irritable bowel syndrome - Constipation - Colorectal cancer - Hirschsprung's disease; - Pseudomembranous colitis;