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Risk factors
By Mayo Clinic staffYou're at risk of blind loop syndrome if you've had gastric surgery for obesity or ulcers. Other factors that make you more susceptible to the disorder include:
- A structural defect in or an injury to your small intestine
- Crohn's disease, intestinal lymphoma, scleroderma or diabetes
- Diverticulosis of the small intestine, a condition in which small pouches of tissue protrude through the intestinal wall
