Lactose intolerance
Child Health Group: What She Talks About
Surely you met such a point in the child’s medical record – a health group. But what is this group? What is she talking about?
Not everyone knows about it.
Health groups is a conditional term that is used for a rough assessment of a child’s health. Your pediatrician determines it, evaluating the child’s health status, data from preventive examinations by specialists, and test results. Health groups are assigned to children from 3 to 17 years. Some parents are afraid of assigning a group to their child that does not correspond to good health. However, here you should know that this is not a final diagnosis, but only a special gradation that allows you to adjust your health condition, take into account various factors that can affect the future of your child.
Criteria for determining a health group
1 – the presence or absence of abnormalities in early ontogenesis; Continue reading
Lactose: intolerance symptoms and diet. Refusal of “milk” – not a cure
The first symptoms of lactose intolerance can occur even in infancy. Some babies cannot process milk properly. Hence the problems: poor weight gain, changes in the regularity and quality of the stool, as well as colic and cramping. Others notice symptoms of lactose intolerance already in adulthood. It is believed that this happens when several factors are affected. With this diagnosis, people still need to consume dairy products. In this case, lactose-free products are ideal.
Lactose is essentially milk sugar. It is considered a carbohydrate of the disaccharide group, consists of residues of glucose and galactose molecules. Lactose is found mainly in dairy products, but can also be in drugs, as a filler. Milk sugar is part of some confectionery. As part of the sweets you can see “artificial sweeteners”, it is possible that it will be lactose. Pay attention to the instructions in small print. Baby formula contains approximately 85% of this element. From lactose, drugs are made to treat intestinal disorders: from constipation to dysbiosis. Continue reading
