Glucose-galactose malabsorption - a disease that is associated with a violation of the assimilation of simple carbohydrates in the intestine. It is caused by a defect in the transport systems of the brush border of the enterocytes. The syndrome of glucose-galactose malabsorption can be congenital (it is diagnosed with the first feeding of newborns) and acquired (caused by other gastrointestinal diseases).
Symptoms of glucose-galactose malabsorption
The main symptoms of glucose-galactose malabsorption are:
- diarrhea ;
- asthenovegetative syndrome;
- steatorrhea.
They are manifested after the intake of various foods that contain starch, lactose, sucrose, maltose or monosaccharides (except fructose). Many patients develop dehydration, severe intestinal dysfunction and body temperature.
Treatment of glucose-galactose malabsorption
Treatment of glucose-galactose malabsorption and diseases that arise on its background ( diabetes mellitus , lactose, etc.) is a difficult task, since almost all products contain disaccharides or monosaccharides. In the primary type of such a disease, the only carbohydrate that is absorbed in the intestine is fructose. That is why the patient is shown nutrition with mixtures that are made up of several types of protein, and parenteral administration of glucose.
With secondary glucose-galactose malabsorption or lactase deficiency, the patient must adhere to the strictest diet. He can eat only foods high in protein, puree from fructose-containing vegetables and glucose solutions. At various stages of treatment, it is possible to disrupt the adaptation of enzymatic GIT systems to any hydrocarbon or to increase its volume. In such cases it is necessary to completely exclude intolerable products, but over time, you can again try with their help to expand the diet.