The presence of reducing substances is useful in the diagnosis of abnormalities in carbohydrate metabolism, i.e., sucrose and lactase. The unabsorbed sugars in stool are measured as reducing substances. Stool Reducing Substance is a test used to detect the unabsorbed sugar in the stool. Sugars like fructose, glucose, lactose, and galactose can be identified in the stool sample with this test. This test is usually done to check for lactose intolerance. Lactose intolerance may occur after a prolonged episode of viral gastroenteritis, due to inadequate absorption of the sugar lactose by a damaged intestinal lining. For adults and children, the normal range is 0.25 g/dL, while the borderline range is 0.25-0.5 g/dL. Anything above 0.5 g/dL is considered abnormal.Read more

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