Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Lubaba Shahrin

Publications

• Case Report
  Congenital Chloride Diarrhoea: First Time Diagnosis in Bangladesh and its Management Difficulties
  Author(s): Shoeb Bin Islam, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Lubaba Shahrin and Nur Haque AlamShoeb Bin Islam, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Lubaba Shahrin and Nur Haque Alam
  
  Congenital Chloride Diarrhoea (CCD) is a form of autosomal recessive disorder which is presented by persistent chloride rich watery diarrhea from birth. Diagnosis of CCD is simple but it needs early prediction and clinical and laboratory evaluation. It can be tentatively made from the typical history of polyhydramnios in antenatal period, prematurity, and watery diarrhea from the beginning and then confirmed by the high fecal concentration of Cl-. Serum electrolyte and pH changes are not reliable diagnostic criteria. Without early intervention most of the children will die in infancy, rest will achieve failure to thrive, and psychomotor developmental delay. .Although congenital chloride diarrhoea has been reported worldwide, but in Bangladesh, we have no reported cases. Here we have discussed two cases of CCD with their diagnostic and management outcome and also discuses about captopr.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000283

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