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Someone with Mitochondrial myopathy who is generally on a high protein, low sugar diet finds that when she needs an IV, switching to dextrose (sugar) and water rather than saline makes her feel better - why is this?
Diet: Dietary needs are extremely variable from patient to patient with mitochondrial myopathies. It is required to evaluate a patient’s nutritional deficiencies. Potential therapies include supplementing caloric intake, enteral feeding, increasing the frequency of meals, limited fasting, and parenteral nutrition ( Parikh et al., 2009 ).
It is especially important to fully understand the safety and efficacy of dietary supplements and medical foods used in the care of mitochondrial patients to better inform decisions made by patients and clinicians about the best use of these management modalities.
14 Φεβ 2024 · We performed a retrospective chart review of adult patients diagnosed with mitochondrial myopathy at Mayo Clinic (2005-2021). We identified 94 patients. Median time from symptom onset to...
Table of Contents. Introduction. Dietary Supplements Commonly Used for Primary Mitochondrial Disorder Therapy. Combination Therapies. Interactions with Medications. Weighing the Evidence for Using Dietary Supplements to Manage PMDs. Regulation and Quality of Dietary Supplements. References. Disclaimer. Introduction.
– Check for deficiencies in patients – Rx as appropriate. – A deterioration in function in mitochondrial disease could be a vitamin deficiency. – G-tube early in kids falling off growth curve.
The article reports the current evidence, highlighting nutrition both as support and as therapy. The estimate of nutritional status, en-ergy needs and nutritional behaviors are first-ly discussed.
