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  • Title: [Chronic recurrent abdominal pain and lactose malabsorption in childhood].
    Author: Horváth K, Horn G, Hassan Bin G, Szamosi T, Nemes Nagy A, Bodánszky H.
    Journal: Orv Hetil; 1990 Dec 02; 131(48):2631-5. PubMed ID: 2263351.
    Abstract:
    The Authors examined 515 children with abdominal pain in the outpatient clinics for a period of two years. The pain was frequently periumbilical or mid epigastric with a history of more than two months. Persistent lactose malabsorption was found in 252 children (48,9%), which justifies the use of Breath Hydrogen Test as a first diagnostic procedure for assessing recurrent abdominal pain. Putative pathogens were identified in the stool specimens of 21 patients. Oesophagitis was diagnosed in 18 children and duodenal ulcer in one. 91 patients (less than 6 years old) improved after successful treatment of the chronic upper respiratory inflammations. The authors did not find any causes in 18.1 per cent of the children examined and they think that the abdominal pain in these children may be psychogenic. The use of high-fiber diet is proposed for the later group.
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