[Diet therapy of chronic digestive system diseases in children].

The children with chronic alimentary tract diseases often show abnormalities in membrane digestion that manifest clinically by the development of the enteral syndrome of varying severity. Lactic sugar (lactose) cleavage distress is the most frequently encountered abnormality. Of 123 children with chronic gastrointestinal diseases examined on an inpatient basis, 65 (53%) showed lactose hydrolysis disorder. A milk-free diet was made use of in a complex of therapeutic measures received by the children. Thirty-five children were kept in such a diet. As a result, all the patients showed improvement, absence of dyspepsia, and good weight gain.