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Chronic enteritis: types

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Doctor Maor LAHAV

Gastroenterologist

Alexey Kryvenko, medical expert
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024

Classification of chronic enteritis (AV Frolkis, 1996, with changes).

Etiology.
1. Infectious.
2. Parasitic.
3. Toxic.
4. Medicamentous.
5. Almentary.
6. Radiation.
7. After operations on the small intestine.
8. Congenital abnormalities of the intestine and enzymes.
9. Inadequate ileocecal valve and large duodenal nipple.
10. Secondary (for other diseases).
Primary localization.
1. Chronic ulcers.
2. Chronic ileitis.
3. Chronic total enteritis.
The nature of the morphological changes in the thin (lean) gut.
1. Eyunit without atrophy.
2. Ejunit with a moderate partial villous atrophy.
3. Ejunit with subtotal villous atrophy.
Clinical course.
1. Easy flow.
2. Of moderate severity.
3. Heavy current.
The phase of the disease.
1. The phase of exacerbation.
2. The phase of remission.
The nature of functional disorders of the small intestine.
1. Syndrome of insufficiency of digestion (malvdigestiya).
2. Syndrome of insufficiency of intestinal absorption (malabsorption).
3. Syndrome of exudative enteropathy.
4. Syndrome of multifunctional insufficiency of the small intestine (enteral insufficiency).
The degree of colon involvement.
1. Without concomitant colitis.
2. With concomitant colitis.
Extraintestinal disorders.

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