Answer:
celiac disease
Explanation:
Celiac disease is An autoimmune disease characterized by chronic intestinal inflammation and varying degrees of intestinal mucosal atrophy with associated malabsorption.
It can also be an antigen driven enteropathy of the small intestine, resulting from an inappropriate immune response to dietary gliadin, a component of wheat proteins.
Celiac disease can manifest in the following ways;
Diarrhea / Steatorrhea - increased osmotic load, bile malabsorption in ileum, poor motility, colon bacterial action
-Flatulence
-Weight loss
-Distension, cramping
The associated symptoms of celiac disease was what Thompson was experiencing, in that case He should be evaluated for same.