[Changes in the nervous system in children with malabsorption syndrome]

Results of clinical and laboratory dynamic examination of the nervous system in 95 children with intestinal malabsorption are reviewed. The basic neurological syndromes accompanying this ailment are specified. These are: an astheno-neurotic and neurosis-like; a hypertensive-hydrocephalic; a syndrome of motor disturbances (with the secondary neuromuscular syndrome being the leading in its structure); a syndrome of visceral dysfunctions; a convulsive syndrome and a syndrome of retardation of the age, speech, and psychomotor development. A dependence of the neurological disturbances on the form and the course of the underlying disease, character of metabolic disorders and age of the sick children is demonstrated. Peculiarities of the emotional and volitional spheres of the children examined are disclosed. Analysis of the neuropsychic development of sick children allows a conclusion that therapeutic and correcting measures aimed at compensation of the neurological disturbances revealed should be included as early as possible into the complex of pathogenetic therapy.