Journal of Infectious Diseases & Therapy
Open Access

Abstract

Congenital diarrhea is a term used to describe diarrhea that develops early in life, typically, within the first two months of life classically associated with dehydration, failure to thrive and electrolyte disturbances. Some of these infants with secretary type might have prenatal findings of dilated bowel loops. While in infants with malabsorptive type it starts with the first feed. The diagnosis is usually established with endoscopic biopsies with electron microscopy evaluation and the appropriate genetic testing. While it might be puzzling and challenging even to the most prudent physician, we will discuss a practical approach that allows you to have a provisional working diagnosis and management plan helping your infant to back on track in a timely approach. Treatment is usually with long term parenteral nutrition with special attention to avoid long term complication associated with TPN.

Biography

Mohamad Miqdady is American Board certified in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. He is the Division Chief, Ped. GI, Hepatology & Nutrition Division at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in UAE. Program Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship Training program, SKMC, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Also an Adjunct Staff at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio USA. Expert member of the FISPGHAN Council (Federation of International Societies of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition); Malnutrition/Obesity Expert team.He completed his Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, TX, USA. He held the position of Assistant Professor at Jordan University of Science and Technology in Jordan for six years prior joining SKMC.Main research interests include nutritional disorders, feeding difficulties, picky eating, obesity, procedural sedation, allergic GI disorders and celiac disease. He has 20 publications in peer reviewed journals.

E-mail: msmiqdady@yahoo.com