Serum Zinc Concentration and Acute Diarrhea in Children from Different Regions of Uzbekistan

There are several reports of zinc deficiency in pathogenesis of acute and chronic diarrhea. The literature review showed children with diarrhea and chronic gastroduodenitis performed zinc deficiency in majority of cases (1). The normal values of zinc in blood serum are 12.8-27.8 µmol/l (2). There is a threshold of 13µmol/l zinc concentration for zinc deficiency diagnosis. The zinc level 8.2 µmol/l and below is poor prognostic criteria (3).

Objective

To study the blood serum zinc concentration in children with acute diarrhea (AD) in in-patient facilities before and after therapy.