Question 1

how can a person with lactose intolerance obtain dietary calcium?

Accepted Answer

Many products: have Supplemental Calcium (and Vitamin D) EG ORANGE JUICE!
There is also LACTAID milk!!!!!!
Hope this helps!
Dr Z

Question 2

is lactose intolerance painful?

Accepted Answer

It can be: Depending on the severity of your lactose intolerance and how much dairy products you consume without lactaid support, you may have periods of abdominal discomfort/ pain.

Question 3

lactose intolerance, what to do?

Accepted Answer

Avoid dairy / get rx: Avoid dairy products that cause symptoms can consume lactose free dairy or use otc meds 2 help, if doesn't work c ur doctor or gastroenterologist, good luck.

Question 4

could i become lactose intolerance?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Some people are born without or  lose ability to make the enzyme needed to digest lactose, so they will always have intolerance. Some people lose this transiently during an illness like bad diarrhea. It returns with healing. It can happen again if the conditions return.

Question 5

i have unexpected lactose intolerance?

Accepted Answer

See details: What is the question? Lactose intolerance does not appear out of no where at age 46.

Question 6

how to know if i am lactose intolerance?

Accepted Answer

Dairy Products: The principal symptom of lactose intolerance is an adverse reaction to products containing lactose (primarily milk), including abdominal bloating and cramps, flatulence, diarrhea, nausea, borborygmi (rumbling stomach) and vomiting.  These appear thirty minutes to two hours after consumption.  Lactaid can help with this if you do have it.  Some people develop it after a course of antibiotics.

Question 7

what are  symptoms to lactose intolerance?

Accepted Answer

Gas, bloating cramps: Gas, bloating and cramps are most common.  Diarrhea is much less common.

Question 8

might someone have lactose intolerance again?

Accepted Answer

Lactose intolerance: Generally speaking, once you have it, it does not go away. Use lactaid tablets when you ingest dairy products.

Question 9

what are typical signs of lactose intolerance?

Accepted Answer

Abdominal Pain: Lactose intolerance causes abdominal pain and cramping, gas, nausea and/ or diarrhea.

Question 10

what are signs of lactose intolerance in an adult?

Accepted Answer

Lactose intol. & age: Lactose intolerance is due to not have a sufficient amount of the enzyme lactase to digest the complex sugar in milk, lactose to simple sugars than can be absorbed by the intestines. That deficiency can be congenital or acquired especially following a severe gastroenteritis.  The symptoms are often  bloating, abdominal pain, gas, diarrhea, and/or nausea and are unrelated to age.

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