Lactose intolerance and recurrent abdominal pain in childhood

Prevalence of lactose intolerance in children with recurrent abdominal pain.

Lactose intolerance in childhood.

Fructose intolerance/malabsorption and recurrent abdominal pain in children.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of the present study was to ascertain whether pediatric patients with chronic abdominal pain had concurrent fructose intolerance as determined by a standardized dose breath hydrogen test (BHT), and whether symptoms would improve with a low-fructose diet. METHODS The fructose BHT test was administered to patients evaluated in clinic with unexplained chronic abdominal pai...

Lactose Intolerance in Childhood Coeliac Disease

There is dispute about the frequency and importance of disaccharide intolerance in childhood coeliac disease. Arthur and his co-workers (1966) considered that intolerance to disaccharides, especially lactose, was common, whereas Anderson and her colleagues (1966) thought that it occurred only rarely. Arthur et al. recommended the routine exclusion from the diet of lactose and sucrose as well as...

Lactose and Fructose Intolerance in Turkish Children with Chronic Abdominal Pain.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of lactose and fructose intolerance in children with chronic abdominal pain. METHODS Hydrogen breath tests were done to detect lactose and fructose malabsorption in 86 children with chronic abdominal pain (44 irritable bowel syndrome, 24 functional abdominal pain and 17 functional abdominal pain syndrome as per Rome III criteria) presenting to a Pediatr...