[Carbohydrate metabolism in long treated children and adolescents with respiratory tuberculosis].

Carbohydrate metabolism was studied in 53 children and adolescents long treated for respiratory tuberculosis with preserving signs of its progression. The blood levels of cortisole, thyroxine, triiodothyronine were concurrently measured. Glucose tolerance impairments by the hypoglycemic type was found in 32.

[Carbohydrate metabolism in children with pulmonary tuberculosis].

Examining carbohydrate metabolism in 59 children with pulmonary tuberculosis ascertained that to get tuberculosis naturally resulted in lower tissue sensitivity to insulin and in hyperinsulinemia. Effective treatment of children improves carbohydrate metabolism. However, there is no normalization of carbohydrate metabolism even in clinical cure.