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Carbohydrate intolerance in acute gastroenteritis /

Hanan Khamis Mohamed

Carbohydrate intolerance in acute gastroenteritis / سوء امتصاص المواد الكربوهيدراتية فى النزلات المعوية الحادة Hanan Khamis Mohamed ; Supervised Mona Ahmed AbouZekry , Roqaya Mohamed ElSayed , Afaf Mohamed ElBanna - Cairo : Hanan Khamis Mohamed , 2005 - 112P : ill ; 30cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Pediatrics

The prevalence ofcarbohydrate intolerance in Egyptian children during an acute episode of stroenteritis was determinedone hundred children , less than 3 years old , with acute diarrhea were enrolled into the studyCarbohydrate intolerance (diagnostic criteria : 05in hundred reducing substances and stool pH less than 55) was diagnosed in 16 / 100 (16in hundred) children , Lactose intolerance was present in 14 (14in hundred) patients , glucose polymer intolerance in 1 (1in hundred) and monosaccharide intolerance in 1 (1in hundred) The most important predisposing factor was rotavirusIn all cases the carbohydrate intolerance was transient , resolving within 5 days



Acute gastroenteritis Carbohydrate intolerance Rotavirus