Persisting diarrhoea and malabsorption.

Bile Acid Malabsorption/Diarrhoea

Bile acid malabsorption leads to chronic watery, non-bloody diarrhoea. Many patients present with symptoms suggestive of IBS. Idiopathic BAM (no obvious cause) occurs in both men and women, mostly between the ages of 30 and 70. There is often a long history of diarrhoea at the time of diagnosis, sometimes lasting longer than 10 years. The diarrhoea is continuous or intermittent; nocturnal diarr...

Lactose malabsorption and postgastrectomy milk intolerance, dumping, and diarrhoea.

In patients with deficient intestinal lactase activity there is decreased hydrolysis of ingested lactose into its constituent monosaccharides glucose and galactose, and abdominal distension, cramps, and diarrhoea may occur after the consumption of lactose-containing foods. Unhydrolysed lactose within the lumen of the small intestine has been shown to exert an osmotic effect and this can be demo...

Diarrhoea and malabsorption in giardiasis: a multifactorial process?

Malabsorption of nutrients in children with diarrhoea due to unknown aetiologies.

Intake and coefficient of absorption of nutrients were measured in 72 children during acute diarrhoea and 2 weeks after recovery. No diarrhoeal pathogens could be identified in 18 (25%) children (group I). Aetiology of diarrhoea was identified in rest of the 54 children (group II). Absorption of calorie, fat and carbohydrate during the recovery stage were similar in all 72 children. In group I,...

A case of neonatal diarrhoea caused by congenital glucose-galactose malabsorption.

A five-month-old Indian girl, product of consanguineous marriage, presented with diarrhoea with an onset within two days after birth, severe malnutrition and metabolic acidosis. The diarrhoea persisted even with lactose-free formula, amino acid-based formula and glucose-containing oral rehydration solution, but stopped when fasted. She required prolonged parenteral nutrition. Fructose and gluco...