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 considered on the basis of persistent lactose intolerance and a positive family history.
D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000097:blood; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004035:Diet Therapy; D005223:Fats / Q000032:analysis; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000503:physiopathology; D007732:Kwashiorkor / Q000150:complications; D007787:Lactose Intolerance / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008320:Maltose / Q000378:metabolism; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D013395:Sucrose / Q000378:metabolism; D014994:Xylose / Q000378:metabolism
D002241:Carbohydrates; D005223:Fats; D013395:Sucrose; D008320:Maltose; D014994:Xylose