Intolerância hereditária à frutose - uma condição metabólica inesperada

Abstract

Hereditary fructose intolerance (IHF) is an autosomal recessive disease considered to be an innate error in the metabolism of fructose with a mutation of the ALDOB gene. The IHF expresses itself in babies soon after weaning, at which time the introduction of various foods and flavors in the diet begins. Symptoms range from vomiting, nausea, agitation, paleness, sweating, tremors, lethargy, abdominal pain to hypoglycaemia. This study aims to update and add clarification on the needs of identifying the IHF within the diseases of nutritional interferences and to address diagnostic diagnoses thereof. This work refers to a narrative review involving exploratory research through sources of bibliographic and electronic information from the Portal CAPES, Scielo, Google Acadêmico, NCBI, PubMed, LILACS and MEDLINE. databases. Further studies and clarifications on the Hereditary Fructose Intolerance are of great importance and need, so that the late treatment of the disease can generate irreversible consequences.