Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Toddler diarrhoea
- aka chronic non-specific diarrhoea
- commonest cause of persistent loose stools in preschool kids
- clinical features
- stools
- varying consistency
- sometimes well-formed
- sometimes explosive & loose
- undigested vegetables present
- hence other name peas &
carrots diarrhoea
- affected children are well and thriving
- no precipitating dietary factors
- theory
- underlying maturational delay in intestinal motility
- -> intestinal hurry
- loose stools not due to malabsorption
- most children grow out of sx by 5 yrs old
- but achieving faecal continence may be delayed
- Mx
- symptomatic relief
- ensure adequate fat & fibre in diet
- slow gut transit
- avoid exacerbators of sx
- excessive consumption of fresh fruit juice
- esp those high in non-absorbable sorbitol