Trouble with dairy products
Since it's due to a lack of the enzyme lactase in the pouch, it probably will not go away. However, you can buy Lactaid tablets, which contain the enzyme lactase, and take those before eating dairy products.
Kelly
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No, I don't think heartburn is a symptoms of lactose intolerance. Did you only have it when you ate dairy?
Kelly
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Well, an ultrasound or EGD won't show if you are lactose intolerant. You just diagnose that based on the symptoms.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
If you really think that Lactose is a problem there is a test you can take for it if your doctor orders it. Two of my three boys are lactose intolerant and both have done this test. It isn't pleasant - they had to drink a full glass of lactose laden liquid on a fasting stomach, then wait for 30 minutes and then blow into a machine. They had to do this repeatedly for several hours. It sucked to be them that morning. But now we know and we can stop playing guessing games with their diet. My oldest son - who we thought was lactose intolerant based on trial and error turned out to not be intolerant at all but had a very bad Soy allergy instead. As soy is hidden in tons of things we didn't realize that was the culprit. (ie: milk in his cereal would bring on stomach cramping, massive diareah, etc. Not from the milk lactose but from the hidden soy in his cereal or ice cream gave him the same symptoms but it is the soy they use as a thickener, etc. etc. etc.)
Hope it turns out not to be the lactose - that's a bummer but once you get the hang of finding all the available products that are lactose free, it's not too bad! Good luck.
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Not sure exactly when I became intolerant to most dairy, but I can't have milk, sour cream, cottage cheese, or fatty cheeses like cheddar. I can eat yogurt and mozzarella without issues, but the other dairy products give me real bad intestinal problems and usually end up running to the bathroom.
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