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On and off diarrhea for a year. skin breaking out . gums changes. lost weight. easy bruising. slowing healing cuts. what can this be?
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Metabolic or malabso: Your symptoms sound serious and I would recommend you get further medical evaluation. This could be a metabolic or malabsorption problem . Need to check your thyroid level and consider checking for celiac sprue.
Answered 8/6/2014
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Chronic diarrhea,: Seek medical attention with a gastroenterologist soon. Do you have pain? Check your thyroid level, food intolerances. Consider celiac disease,colitis,Crohns,Wipples chronic infections like camphylobacter,giardia,amebiosis.cyclospora,cryptosporidia, HIV, if you had exposure,check for anorexia/bulemia and others. Some other the changes skin,gums bruising likely side effects of malabsorption.
Answered 8/6/2014
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