A patient is believed to have gastrointestinal disease. He has been given 5 grams of xylose...
A patient is believed to have gastrointestinal disease. He has been given 5 grams of xylose orally. His stool sample was collected for 3 days and the total content of xylose in the sample is 0.5 gram. Which of the following is more accurate?
- Patient has malabsorption
- Patient has maldigestion
- Patient has gastric ulcer
- Patient has ulcerative colitis
Homework Answers
Answer: ( A) Patient has malabsorption.
(If the xylose is detected in the stool at a low level then this means that there must be any infection or malabsorption in the intestine)
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