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Post traumatic stress disorder is a type of anxiety disorder in which there occurs recurrent attacks of severe anxiety along with vivid flashbacks or reminiscences of the initial traumatic event.

Panic disorders are type of anxiety disorders in which there occurs recurrent attacks of severe anxiety which are sudden and unpredictable.

Rickets is a nutritional deficiency disease caused due to deficiency of vitamin D. This disease occurs in children. In rickets, before the epiphyses have fused, there occurs failure of growing bone to mineralize due to deficiency of vitamin D in growing child.

Osteomalacia is a disorder of mineralization of organic matrix of skeleton in adults when the epiphyseal growth plates have closed. Osteomalacia produces increased non-mineralized matrix in bones.

Heat related illnesses or syndromes are caused due to high environmental temperatures of more than or above 32 ⁰ C and at high relative humidity.

Reiter’s syndrome is a syndrome in which there occurs non-specific urethritis, conjunctivitis and arthritis, two to four weeks after enteric or urogenital infections.

Chronic pancreatitis is a disease of pancreas in which there occurs chronic inflammation of pancreas.

Pseudomembranous colitis also known as antibiotic associated colitis is caused due to a toxin produced by Clostridium difficile when the normal bacterial flora is altered or suppressed by antibiotics. It usually occurs in adults.

There are various laboratory tests available which are done to identify malabsorption syndrome. The various laboratory tests which are done to diagnose malabsorption syndrome are as follow-

Malabsorption syndrome can be caused due to various diseases. It is also a symptom of various diseases. The various factors which cause malabsorption syndrome are-

Giardiasis is an inflammatory disease which occurs due to the infection by micro-organism named Giardia lamblia , which occurs by ingestion of cysts through contaminated or infected water.

Lactose intolerance is a gastrointestinal disease in which there occurs deficiency of an enzyme named lactase which hydrolyzes lactose to its components galactose and glucose. In the absence of this enzyme named lactase , lactose cannot be hydrolyzed and hence, it goes to colon where it is fermented by bacteria causing various gastrointestinal symptoms of lactase deficiency.