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Histamine Fish Toxicity - Inadequate refrigeration increases enzyme from bacteria on fish 
Clinical 
• Skin flushing,
burning, nausea, diarrhea ... palpitations • Symptoms ... Management ... #Toxicity #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis
Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
disease, Chronic diarrhoea ... Musculoskeletal: Low ... Copper #Deficiency #diagnosis ... #riskfactors #symptoms ... #nutrition
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... overload) Other Symptoms ... Palpitations • Diarrhea ... , K, Mg2+) • Slow ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
tongue), abd pain, diarrhea ... to manifest its symptoms ... , alcohol use, symptoms ... consider other diagnosis ... #management #nutrition
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Slow Growers (Runyon ... /fish tanks • ... gastrointestinal symptoms ... liver enzymes, diarrhea ... • Clinical (Symptoms
Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
Key Points • Nutrition ... nuts/nut butters, fish ... pain, wind and diarrhea ... #comparison #table ... #management #treatment
Bulimia Nervosa: Complications
GASTROINTESTINAL
 • Dehydration & inability to digest food -> Constipation
 • Recurrent vomiting exposes
hormonal imbalances (low ... FSH and LH levels ... loss of HCO3- in diarrhea ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms