Whipple’s Disease: Complications

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)

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).