Inflammation of the small intestine. The inflammation may be the result of infection, particularly giardiasis and tuberculosis, or of Crohn’s disease. Enteritis usually causes diarrhoea. (See also gastroenteritis; colitis.)
Enteritis means in?ammation of the intestines. (See DIARRHOEA; INTESTINE, DISEASES OF.)
Inflammation of the small intestines.
n. inflammation of the small intestine, usually causing diarrhoea. Infective enteritis is caused by infectious pathogens, such as viruses and bacteria; radiation enteritis is a complication of radiation therapy for pelvic and abdominal malignancies. It can cause fistulae, stricture formation, and malabsorption. See also gastroenteritis.
inflammation of the mucous membrane of the intestine.
A disease in patients presenting with severe abdominal colic, evanescent small bowel obstruction and a peripheral blood eosinophilia. Zoonotic hookworms, e.g. Ancyclostoma caninum, are believed to be the causative agent, as described by Dr John Croese and others from northern Queensland.... eosinophilic enteritis
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