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Please help docs! is lactose intolerance an illness?

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Depends: This depends on how you define illness.It includes physical symptoms that occur if you consume foods containing lactose.It can be transient, after a bad diarrhea, or permanent.I consider it more a distraction than an illness.You can chose to avoid lactose or consume supplemental enzyme to avoid symptoms. I can't say the same for most illness.

Answered 3/25/2014

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