The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by Whipple’s disease:
Eyes and eye appendages (H00-H59).
Cardiovascular system (I00-I99)
- Endocarditis (endocardial inflammation; second most common location).
- Myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle).
- Pericarditis (inflammation of the pericardium) with valvular insufficiency.
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99).
- Polyarthritis (inflammation of multiple joints).
- Synovialitis (inflammation of the synovial membrane)
Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)
- Amnesia (memory loss)
- Ataxia (gait disturbance)
- Gaze paralysis
- Dementia
- Epilepsy (seizures)
- Disturbed sleep-wake rhythm
Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).
- Pleurisy (pleurisy).