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Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
Factors and Signs of Copper ... bowel resection/bariatric ... , Chronic diarrhoea ... consumption of copper-rich ... @drkeithsiau #Copper
Causes of Copper Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis
Hereditary: 
 - Menkes disease, familial hypoceruloplasminemia
Decreased / Inadequate Intake:
Deficiency - Differential ... Celiac sprue, post-bariatric ... gastrectomy, prolonged diarrhea ... #Deficiency #Differential ... #Diagnosis #nutrition
Prevention and Treatment of Nutritional Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Types of Bariatric Surgery:
 • Adjustable Gastric Banding
and Treatment of Nutritional ... Gallstones • Liver Disease ... Surgery #Diagnosis #Differential ... Complications #Nutrition ... #Deficiencies #Gastroenterology
Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
nausea, vomiting, diarrhea ... protein, Vit E, Copper ... Bypass #Surgery #bariatric ... #gastroenterology ... #nutrition #Vitamin
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
immune function, diarrhea ... • Copper - Myelopathy ... Bypass #vitamin #nutrition ... #table #differential ... #diagnosis #bariatric
Stool / Poop Color - What it may mean
 • Brown: In general, healthy stool is
such as due to diarrhea ... example, celiac disease ... Bleeding in the upper ... #Poop #Color #Differential ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... Consider tumor • Upper ... Chronic #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology