Not exact matches
It is used by intramuscular injection for adult patients diagnosed with familial lipoprotein lipase
deficiency (LPLD) and suffering from
severe or multiple pancreatitis attacks despite
dietary fat restrictions.
The studies that has been done, have been very short, very small studies that start with
dietary depletion of a given nutrient, followed by repletion with synthetics for several weeks until
severe deficiency symptoms subside.
Symptoms of more
severe dietary calcium
deficiency include soft bones (rickets) in children and osteoporosis, especially in the elderly (32, 33).
The traditional or modified ketogenic diets should not be used in individuals who have fatty acid oxidation defects, pyruvate carboxylase
deficiency, primary carnitine
deficiencies, organic acidurias, defects in ketone metabolism, disorders that require high
dietary carbohydrates as part of their treatment,
severe liver disease or hypoglycaemia under investigation (4).
In
severe cases,
dietary deficiency of fat or protein can affect the skin and coat so much that protection against infection and ability to heal are impaired.