What is the importance of taking pancreatic enzymes when a child has cystic fibrosis?
a. These enzymes help digest foods and when they are missing, food is malabsorbed.
b. Pancreatic enzymes also supply the fat-soluble vitamins, which are necessary for normal growth.
c. It is not necessary to take pancreatic enzymes with cystic fibrosis; you need to take nutritional supplements, however.
d. Without these enzymes, inflammation occurs.
e. These enzymes help with calcium absorption.
a
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