| Glucose Galactose Malabsorption is a inherited | | | | identified worldwide. |
| disorder. Glucose Galactose Malabsorption is | | | | As lots of as 10 percent of the population may |
| characterized by the tiny intestine's inability to | | | | have a fairly reduced capacity for glucose |
| transport and soak up glucose and galactose | | | | absorption without connected health problems. |
| (easy sugars or monosaccharides).Glucose and | | | | This condition may be a milder variation of |
| galactose have very alike chemical structures, and | | | | glucose-galactose malabsorption. Most frequently, |
| normally the equal transport enzyme provides | | | | the parents of an individual with an autosomal |
| them with entry into specialized cells in the small | | | | recessive condition each carry one copy of the |
| intestine where they are absorbed and | | | | mutated gene, but do not show signs and |
| transferred to other cells. As a result of a | | | | symptoms of the condition. In some cases, |
| mutation on chromosome 22, the transport | | | | individuals with one altered gene have reduced |
| enzyme does not function properly and the result | | | | levels of glucose absorption capacity as measured |
| is glucose-galactose malabsorption. | | | | in laboratory tests, but this has not generally been |
| GGM is characterized by harsh diarrhea and | | | | shown to have significant health effects. Although |
| dehydration as premature as the first day of life | | | | no cure exists for GGM. |
| and can consequence in express death if lactose | | | | Patients can manage their symptoms (diarrhea) |
| (milk sugar), sucrose (table sugar), glucose, and | | | | by removing lactose, sucrose, and glucose from |
| galactose are not removed from the diet. Some | | | | their diets. Child showing a prenatal diagnosis of |
| affected children are better able to tolerate | | | | GGM will flourish on a fructose-based substitute |
| glucose and galactose as they get older. Small | | | | formula and will later continue their "normal" |
| amounts of glucose in the urine (mild glucosuria) | | | | physical development on a fructose-based solid |
| may occur intermittently in this disorder. Affected | | | | diet. Older children and adults with severe GGM |
| individuals may also develop kidney stones or | | | | can also manage their symptoms on a |
| more extensive deposits of calcium within the | | | | fructose-based diet and may show improved |
| kidneys. Glucose-galactose malabsorption is a rare | | | | glucose tolerance and even clinical remission as |
| disorder; only a few hundred cases have been | | | | they age. |