Digestive intolerance

The epidemiology, clinical presentation, and treatment of alveolar echinococcosis of the liver have been described in French patients followed between 1972 and 1993 (5). From 1982 benzimidazoles were used. Of 117 patients, 72 took either albendazole or mebendazole for 4—134 months. The most common adverse effects were an increase in alanine transaminase activity to more than five times the top of the reference range (in six patients taking albendazole and in three taking mebendazole). Neutropenia (leukocyte count below 1.0 x 10 /1) occurred in two patients taking albendazole. Alopecia occurred in four patients taking mebendazole. Minor adverse effects of albendazole included malaise, anorexia, and digestive intolerance in one patient each. In 13 patients treatment had to be withdrawn because of adverse effects n —10) or non-adherence to therapy (n = 3). 

The available data on rizatriptan have been reviewed. Only safety aspects are mentioned here. With oral administration, adverse effects were mild and transient in placebo-controlled trials. Digestive intolerance, dizziness, somnolence, weakness and fatigue, and pain or pressure sensations were the most commonly mentioned (6). 

Domenech E, Nos P, Papo M, Lopez-San Romin A, Garcia-Planella E, Gassull MA. 6-mercaptopurine in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and previous digestive intolerance of azathioprine. Scand J Gastroenterol 2005 40(1) 52-5. 

Digestion of lactose is facilitated by the p glycosidase lactase A deficiency of this enzyme makes it difficult to digest lactose and causes abdominal discomfort Lactose intolerance is a genetic trait it is treatable through over the counter formulations of lac tase and by limiting the amount of milk m the diet... 

Nutritional Value of Milk Products. Milk is considered one of the principal sources of nutrition for humans. Some people are intolerant to one or more components of milk so must avoid the product or consume a treated product. One example is intolerance to lactose in milk. Fluid milk is available in which the lactose has been treated to make it more digestible. The consumption of milk fat, either in fluid milk or in products derived from milk, has decreased markedly in the 1990s. Whole milk sales decreased 12% between 1985 and 1988, whereas the sales of low fat milk increased 165%, and skimmed milk sales increased 48% (35). Nutritionists have recommended that fat consumed provide no more than 30 calories, and that consumption of calories be reduced. Generally, a daily diet of 2000—3000 cal/d is needed depending on many variables, such as gender, type of work, age, body responses, exercise, etc. Further, there is concern about cholesterol [57-88-5] and density of fat consumed. Complete information on the nutritive value of milk and milk products is provided on product labels (36) (see also Table 4). 

A much more common metabolic disorder, lactose intolerance, occurs commonly in most parts of the world (notable exceptions being some parts of Africa and northern Europe). Lactose intolerance is an inability to digest lactose because of the absence of the enzyme lactase in the intestines of adults. The symptoms of this disorder, which include diarrhea and general discomfort, can be relieved by eliminating milk from the diet. 

Lactose intolerance Inability of the body to digest lactose. 

There are also those who believe that they have an intolerance to gluten, i.e. a problem with digesting gluten, but without the full immune response to gluten found in coeliac disease. Coeliac disease is found in all age groups but its occurrence is greatest in the elderly. 

Simoons, F.J. (1969). Primary adult lactose intolerance and the milking habit a problem in biological and cultural interrelations. I. Review of the medical research. American Journal of Digestive Diseases 14 819-836. 

Enzymes are involved in many functions of the human body, including digestion and metabolism. For example, the enzyme lactase is responsible for catalyzing the breakdown of lactose, a sugar found in milk. People who are lactose-intolerant are usually missing lactase, or they have insufficient amounts. If you are lactose-intolerant, you can take commercially produced supplements that contain lactase. 

Potatoes have been valued around the world for centuries because they are an easily cultivated, easily prepared and readily assimilated source of carbohydrate energy. The ease with which potatoes are digested has, however, become a double-edged sword, as the interrelated epidemics of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes become global crises linked to rising obesity. At the same time as carbohydrates have been blamed for obesity, glucose intolerance has become recognized as a core feature of the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes (Seidell, 2000). 

Chronic diseases and disorders of digestion, metabolism and immune function, such as chronic gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, food allergy and intolerance, hypotension, hypoglycemia, hypothyroidism, diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome and prolapse of organs. 

Many i rsons from non-Eastern European-derived cultures are unable to tolerate large quantities of the milk sugar lactose because of the absence of enough of the active digestive enzyme, lactase. In these persons, consumption of lactose results in effects similar to those described for oligosaccharide consumption. Severe intolerance can result in malabsorption of all nutrients from the diet due to diarrhea. 

The nutritional and physiological effects of lactose in the diet have become of major interest to health professionals and the public with the finding that about 70% of the world population has low levels of lactase activity in the intestine and, in many cases, an intolerance to lactose. A voluminous literature has developed (Delmont 1983 Renner 1983 Paige and Bayless 1981). Most problems with lactose digestion are attributable to the lactose molecule, but others may arise from the galactose moiety liberated on hydrolysis. 

Dahlqvist, A. 1983. Digestion of lactose. In Milk Intolerances and Rejection. J. Delmont (Editor). S. Karger, Basel, pp. 11-16. 

Kocian, J., Skala, I, and Bakos, K. 1973. Calcium absorption from milk and lactose-free milk in healthy subjects and patients with lactose intolerance. Digestion 9, 317— 324. 

Lactose intolerance A condition caused by the body s inability to make lactase and digest lactose. 

More digestible than milk for people with lactose intolerance... 

Lactose is hydrolyzed to glucose and galactose in the intestine by the enzyme lactase. People who are lactose-intolerant lack this enzyme. In these people, lactose advances in the digestive tract to the large intestine, where it is fermented by intestinal bacteria to produce large amounts of carbon dioxide and organic acids. Today, people with lactose intolerance can purchase milk in which the lactose has already been hydrolyzed, or can buy lactase supplements. 

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