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My kid has an autoimmune (not genetic) version of this. It almost killed him. He is 5’ 10” and got down to 105 lbs, was severely malnourished and dehydrated. Co
by GlenTheMachine 5y ago
My kid has an autoimmune (not genetic) version of this. It almost killed him. He is 5’ 10” and got down to 105 lbs, was severely malnourished and dehydrated. Couldn’t keep food down without significant medical intervention. He spent a month in the hospital and another month in an inpatient clinic to start to address the resultant eating disorder.
Also, without insurance, the drug to treat it (sucrase) is $4000/month and is available only in a liquid form that has to be refrigerated… and you have to take it with meals. Which means you have to carry a small cryo bottle with you wherever you go.
Don’t wish for this to happen to you.
- poizan42 5y agoThat's an absolutely insane price for something used in food production. Have you looked into using food-grade sucrase instead? There's an article about using BioInvert 200 as a substitute for Sucraid here: https://ejhp.bmj.com/content/24/Suppl_1/A226.2 https://ejhp.bmj.com/content/24/Suppl_1/A226.2
- teruakohatu 5y agoSounds aweful. Have you managed to find a diet that avoids the need for sucrase for every meal?
- GlenTheMachine 5y agoJust about impossible in the US.