Chronic diarrhea in infancy and childhood.

Assessment of chronic diarrhea in early infancy in Tehran Tertiary Care Center; Tehran-Iran

Introduction Chronic diarrhea of infancy is a heterogeneous syndrome that includes several diseases with different etiologies. The aim of this study was investigating chronic diarrhea, its etiologies, clinical features and outcomes in infancy.Materials and Methods Retrospective study investigating infants hospitalized in the gastroenterology department of Tehran tertiary care center.The main de...

Chronic diarrhoeas in infancy and childhood. II. Enzyme content of duodenal juice.

During the period 1960-65 various laboratory tests have been in use when studying children admitted to this hospital with chronic diarrhoea. In a previous paper (Ingomar, Muillertz, and Terslev, 1964) the absorption of D-xylose was reported. The present report concerns pancreatic exocrine function. While this is well known to be often greatly impaired in mucoviscoidosis, less is known about the...

Enteropathies of Infancy

INTRODUCTION Acute diarrhea, in the industrialized world, is usually self-limited, infectious in nature, and rarely requires biopsy evaluation. Chronic diarrhea can cause failure to thrive, frequently results in intestinal biopsy and may require parenteral nutrition and other forms of therapy. Protracted diarrhea has replaced the older term “intractable diarrhea” in the GI literature and denote...

Specific Etiologies of Chronic Diarrhea in Infancy

Diarrhea is one of the most common symptoms of illness in pediatric practice. It usually appears in the form of acute diarrhea, but it may also progress to a chronic state. The differential diagnosis of chronic diarrhea is very extensive (Table 1). Regardless of specific etiology, the major pathogenetic mechanisms are osmotic diarrhea, increased intestinal secretion, inhibition of active ion ab...

Congental Glucose- Galactose Malabsorption a Rare Cause of Diarrhea in Infancy Period: Report of Two Cases

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 ...