Fructose malabsorption and fructan malabsorption are associated in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food malabsorption and intolerance is implicated in gastrointestinal symptoms among patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Key triggers include fructose and fructan. Prior studies examined fructose and fructan malabsorption separately in IBS patients. None have concurrently assessed both within the same patient group. We aimed to investigate the association between fructose and fructan malabsorption in the same patients with IBS using hydrogen breath testing (HBT).

Methods

We retrospectively identified patients with IBS who underwent fructose and fructan HBTs and abstracted their results from the electronic medical record. Fructose and fructan HBTs were performed by administering a 25 g fructose solution or 10 g fructan solution, followed by breath hydrogen

SUBMITTER: Sia T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11040878 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature