AIDS, diarreia e malabsorção de lactose

AUTOR(ES)
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

1989

RESUMO

In order to Investigate diarrhea and lactose malabsorption in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, 25 white patients with AIDS were studied and compared to 40 healthy Caucasoids individuals (control group). 60% of patients with AIDS showed history of diarrhea in some point of their illness. The frequency of lactose malabsorption in this syndrome was 60%, statistically equal to the control group. Therefore, AIDS is not cause of secondary lactase deficiency. The history of milk intolerance in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome was about 44%, statistically different from the control group (12%). The frequency of high m11k Intake In AIDS patients (76%) was statistically similar to the control group (70%). Physiopathological aspects of diarrhea in AIDS as well as their relationship with lactose malabsorption were also discussed

ASSUNTO(S)

imunologia aids (doença)

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