Prognosis of Tropical Sprue
Authors: THOMAS W. SHEEHY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1962)

Article1 December 1962Prognosis of Tropical SprueA Study of the Effect of Folic Acid on the Intestinal Aspects of Acute and Chronic SprueTHOMAS W. SHEEHY, M.D., F.A.C.P., BARBARA BAGGS, B.S., M.A., ENRIQUE PEREZ-SANTIAGO, M.D., MARTIN H. FLOCH, M.D.THOMAS W. SHEEHY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, BARBARA BAGGS, B.S., M.A.Search for more papers by this author, ENRIQUE PEREZ-SANTIAGO, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MARTIN H. FLOCH, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-57-6-892 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptUntreated tropical sprue is a chronic unrelenting disease characterized by diarrhea, weight loss, weakness, and eventually by severe anemia and emaciation. Without therapy, frequent relapses occur and the disease may terminate in invalidism or death from inanition, intercurrent disease, or a semi-choleraic attack (1, 2). The advent of liver therapy and, later, of folic acid altered this grim prognosis and provided a therapeutic means of returning most patients with tropical sprue to gainful activity. Indeed, the remarkable effect of folic acid or vitamin B12therapy and, in some cases, of broad spectrum antibiotics led some to consider the disease to...References1. MANSON-BAHR PH: Manson's Tropical Disease, 15th Ed., ed. by Manson-Bahr, P. H., The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, 1956. Google Scholar2. CASTLERHOADSLAWSONPAYNE WBCPHAGC: Etiology and treatment of sprue. Arch. Intern. Med. 56: 627, 1935. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. DONIACHSHINER IM: Malabsorption syndromes: a symposium. V. Histopathology of the stomach in pernicious anemia and the jejunum in steatorrhea. Brit. J. Radiol. 33: 238, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. 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