<unk>  is believed to result in chronic malnutrition and subsequent growth stunting (low height-for-age measurement) as well as other child development deficits. Short-term EE is rarely symptomatic and is considered a subclinical condition. However, adults may have mild symptoms or malabsorption such as altered stool consistency, increased stool frequency and weight loss. Long-term * Malnutrition * EE causes malnutrition by way of both malabsorption and nutritional deficiencies. * Growth and physical development * The first two years (and the prior 9 months of fetal life) are critical for linear growth. Stunting is an easy to measure symptom of these child development deficits. * Neurocognitive (brain development) * Effect on oral vaccination * Many oral vaccines, both live and non-living, have proven to be less immunogenic or less protective when administered to infants, children or adults living in low socioeconomic conditions in developing countries than they are when used in industrialized countries. Widespread EE is hypothesized to be a contributing cause for this observation. Child receiving oral polio vaccine. There is some evidence that the enteric dysfunction characteristic of EE may impair the efficacy of oral vaccinations.
Environmental enteropathy
Autoimmune enteropathy
Natural killer cell enteropathy
Tropical sprue
Congenital tufting enteropathy
Coeliac disease
Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome
Protein losing enteropathy