Sugar intolerance complicating acute gastroenteritis.

Post gastroenteritis gluten intolerance

The spectrum of gluten related disorder might be much broader than currently believed. It is unknown why non-coeliac gluten sensitivity affects individuals at different ages. It is quite possible that triggering factors like infection might play an essential role in manifestation of this disorder. Similar to secondary lactose intolerance, gluten intolerance might be a common occurrence behind p...

Management of malnourished children with acute diarrhoea and sugar intolerance.

A protocol of nutritional rehabilitation using fermented milk, vegetable oil, and castor sugar has been tested on 54 Senegalese children age 6-36 months admitted with acute diarrhoea and malnutrition. At time of admission, 39 per cent of children were dehydrated and 26 per cent had sugar intolerance. In the course of treatment three absconded and one died from acute pneumonia with respiratory a...

Sugar chromatography of urine and faeces in acute gastroenteritis.

post gastroenteritis gluten intolerance

the spectrum of gluten related disorder might be much broader than currently believed. it is unknown why non-coeliac gluten sensitivity affects individuals at different ages. it is quite possible the triggering factors like infection might play an essential role in manifestation of this disorder. similar to secondary lactose intolerance, gluten intolerance might be a common occurrence behind pe...

Sugar intolerance in malnourished infants and children.

Of 100 malnourished Indian infants and children 50 showed a stool pH below 6. Carbohydrate-loading tests demonstrated intolerance to lactose in 39, to sucrose in 25, and to maltose in 15. D-Xylose absorption was reduced in 16. Steatorrhoea was detected in 7 of 18 children tested. Nutritional recovery reversed the abnormalities in all except four, in whom a primary enzymic deficiency was conside...