CURRENT DATA ON GASTRO-INTESTINAL DYSFUNCTIONS IN CHILDREN

Abstract

Digestive dysfunctions are common in infants of the 1st year of life. Pediatricians often recommend shifting one milk formula to another, but usually it has no positive results, only complicating the managing of such patients. The article demonstrates the modern views on etiology, pathophysiological mechanisms and principles of dietary therapy of regurgitations, functional constipations, intestinal colic and other gastro-intestinal dysfunctions in infants. One of the special characteristics of these disorders is the fact that they rarely occur as isolated symptoms and much more often — in different combinations with each other. On clinical examination of children with functional disorders neither morphological changes in gastro-intestinal tract, nor disturbances in enzyme-secretory function are found. At the same time minimal digestive dysfunctions have negative effect on life quality of the family, development rate and nutritive status of the child. One of the most effective methods of correction of such conditions is dietary measures.

Keywords

• дети раннего возраста
• срыгивания
• функциональные запоры
• кишечные колики
• белки коровьего молока