Toddler’s Diarrhea
Diarrhea refers to increased frequency and water content of stools.
Small children between 6 months and 3 years of age (toddlers) who drink a lot of fruit juices (especially apple juice) may have an ‘unexplained’ chronic diarrhea (lasting more than 2 weeks). Fruit sugar fructose from fruit juices, delivered into the small intestine of a small child in excessive amount, drags water from the intestinal wall into intestinal hollow, thus causing the so-called toddler’s diarrhea.
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