There are many etiologies responsible for severe intractable diarrhea in infancy, for instance, autoimmune enteropathy, microvillus inclusion disease, tufting enteropathy, food allergy, post-enteritis syndrome, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, Hirschsprung's disease, intestinal lymphangiectasia, congenital sodium or chloride diarrhea, and congenital enzymatic deficiency.
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Determinants of dietary intake during childhood diarrhea and implications for ap…
Diarrheal diseases have a well recognized negative effect on children's growth, probably due in part to reduced dietary intake during illness.
Previous studies have shown that the effects of diarrhea on dietary intake are greater among hospitalized children than among those observed in their homes. Breast milk intake does not change during diarrhea, however, so breast-fed children ar… |
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Candida-associated diarrhea in hospitalized patients.
Ten hospitalized patients with severe diarrhea associated with intestinal Candida overgrowth are reported. Candida-associated diarrhea is predominantly of the secretory type, characterized by frequent watery stools, usually without blood, mucus, tenesmus, or abdominal pain.
The patients were elderly, malnourished, and critically ill, or suffered from chronic debilitating illness. The… |
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Hypoglycemia during diarrhea in childhood. Prevalence, pathophysiology, and outc…
To determine the frequency and outcome of hypoglycemia during diarrhea in childhood, we screened 2003 consecutive patients less than 15 years of age who were admitted to a diarrhea treatment center in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Hypoglycemia, defined as a blood glucose concentration less than 2.2 mmol per liter, was found in 91 patients (4.5 percent), 39 (42.9 percent) of whom died. We also m… |
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