gordon@winston.UUCP (Findlay) (01/10/86)
The reason I am posting this article is because I have
a non-debilitating but rather unusual disorder and I am
curious to know if anyone else has it or knows someone
who has.
I think I have what the Merck manual describes as "Fructose
Intolerance". Since birth, I haven't been able to tolerate
any food that contains fructose including all fruits, most
vegetables, and anything with sucrose (all "sweets"). By not
tolerating it I mean that if I eat it, I either throw up or
feel faint, hot, and go white and shakey. If I smell or taste
it I feel nauseous. This means that even things with sugar
substitutes taste horrible to me.
The Merck manual mentions that absence of cavities
characterizes this disorder which is also true in my case.
Other than the occasional mild bout with scurvy in my
childhood I have suffered no ill effects (except mild
embarassment at dinners where I receive a plate of food
that I can't eat). Needless to say, I take vitamins.
I have not researched it to any great extent. My doctor
claimed I would grow out of it (I didn't) and a Biochemistry
professor thought it rather interesting but didn't really offer
any more information.
I have no desire to change the condition. I am just curious
to know if anyone else in this world has it and has any more
information.
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Lynn Baker
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