Management of Chronic diarrhoea in children
Sugar intolerance
Synonyms: carbohydrate intolerance, lactose intolerance.
The commonest offending sugar is lactose. Diarrhoea often follows
acute gastroenteritis when milk is reintroduced into the diet. Stools may
be watery, frothy, smell like vinegar and tend to excoriate the buttocks.
They contain sugar.
Treatment
• Remove the offending sugar from the diet.
• Use milk preparations in which the lactose has been split to glucose
and galactose by enzymes, or use soya protein.
Sugar intolerance
Synonyms: carbohydrate intolerance, lactose intolerance.
The commonest offending sugar is lactose. Diarrhoea often follows
acute gastroenteritis when milk is reintroduced into the diet. Stools may
be watery, frothy, smell like vinegar and tend to excoriate the buttocks.
They contain sugar.
Treatment
• Remove the offending sugar from the diet.
• Use milk preparations in which the lactose has been split to glucose
and galactose by enzymes, or use soya protein.