For instance, we found that patients with liver disease have hyperzincuria; alcoholics excrete a lot of zinc in their urine so they become zinc deficient; patients with malabsorption syndrome become zinc deficient very rapidly; patients with chronic renal disease also have hyperzincuria; and we find zinc deficiency in patients with nephrotic syndrome, glomerulonephritis and so on, even in several patients with malignancies. (westonaprice.org)
This device for making vitamin D is ideally suited for patients with fat malabsorption syndromes including inflammatory bowel disease and gastric bypass surgery. (sciencedaily.com)
Absorption of zinc may be impaired by damage from intestinal disease such as celiac disease and other malabsorption syndromes. (thyroidpharmacist.com)