Disaccharide Intolerance in Infancy

Disaccharide Intolerance in Infancy.

In 1958 Durand published an account of an infant with vomiting and diarrhoea since birth, and he demonstrated the presence of lactose in the urine. Since that time more widespread attention has been paid to sugar intolerance in infants, and an increasing number of reports on such cases have been published. A survey of the available published material suggests that two forms of this condition ex...

Milk intolerance in infancy.

Allergy to cows' milk-protein is an occasional cause ofpersistent diarrhoea (Clein, 1954; Collins-Williams, 1954; Kane, 1957; Bachman and Dees, 1957a, b; Davies, 1958), but in the absence of other overt signs of allergy, may easily be overlooked. The management of milk intolerance often involves the use of synthetic feeds, which in themselves may produce a fulminating illness (Wilson and Clayto...

Transient lactose intolerance in infancy.

Bartrop, R. W., and Hull, D. (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48, 963. Transient lactose intolerance in infancy. The clinical details of 100 infants with disaccharide intolerance secondary to a variety of bowel disorders were examined. Malnourished infants under 6 months of age were particularly at risk. The difficulty of establishing the relevance of sugar intolerance is emphasized. T...

Transient Carbohydrate Malabsorption and Intolerance in Diarrheal Diseases of Infancy

Carbohydrate intolerance has been shown to be common during and immediately following an episode of diarrhea, particularly in infancy and childhood. When these infants and children are maintained on diets with high concentrations of a specific carbohydrate or class of carbohydrates, the symptoms will continue and often increase in severity. On removal of the carbohydrate(s) from their diet for ...

Specificity of the human intestinal disaccharidases and implications for hereditary disaccharide intolerance.