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

Triple sugar screen breath hydrogen test for sugar intolerance in children with functional abdominal symptoms.

BACKGROUND Sugar intolerance and functional gastrointestinal disorders are both common in school age children. Both may present with similar complaints such as abdominal pain, diarrhea and bloating. Lactose, fructose and sucrose hydrogen breath tests are widely used to detect sugar malabsorption. AIM To determine the proportion of children with symptoms of functional gastrointestinal disorder...

Fructose malabsorption in children with functional digestive disorders.

CONTEXT Fructose is a monosaccharide frequently present in natural and artificial juice fruits. When the concentration of fructose in certain food is present in excess of glucose concentration some individuals may develop fructose malabsorption. OBJECTIVES To report the frequency of fructose malabsorption utilizing the hydrogen breath test in children with gastrointestinal and/or nutritional ...

Prevalence of Lactose Intolerance in Primary School Children in Qena Governorate, Egypt

Most people are born with the ability to digest lactose. Approximately 75% of the general population loses this ability, to some extent, going into adulthood (adult hypolactasia), while others retain such ability. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of lactose intolerance, and its correlation with gastrointestinal symptoms, in primary school children aged 6-12 years in ...

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...

Prevalence of lactose intolerance in children with recurrent abdominal pain.