acloridria

Key facts

Medical condition (new).symptoms

Most of the time none, but may cause and not limited to, epigastric pain, other abdominal pain, unintentional weight loss, heartburn, nausea, vomiting, bloating, diarrhea, early satiety

Medical condition (new).complications

Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, nutrient deficiencies, gastric adenocarcinoma (rare), gastric carcinoid tumor (rare)

Medical condition (new).causes

Pernicious anemia, helicobacter pylori infection, hypothyroidism, gastric bypass surgery, VIPoma, chronic PPI use, gastric cancer, (rarely) radiotherapy

Medical condition (new).treatment

Addressing underlying cause and managing SIBO and nutrient deficiencies

Medical condition (new).name

Achlorhydria

Medical condition (new).synonyms

Hypochlorhydria

Medical condition (new).image

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Medical condition (new).caption

Hydrogen chloride (major component of gastric acid)

Medical condition (new).field

Internal medicine

via Wikipedia infobox

• Is achlorhydria a cause of iron deficiency anemia?The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2015
• Achlorhydria: hypergastrinaemia: carcinoids--a flawed hypothesis?Gut · 1987
• Achlorhydria is associated with gastric microbial overgrowth and development of cancer: lessons learned from the gastrin knockout mouse.Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation · 2006
• ACHLORHYDRIA and anaemia.Lancet (London, England) · 1960
• The achlorhydria-carcinoid sequence: role of gastrin.Digestion · 1988

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