Am I Lactose Intolerant???..?!
Question: Am I Lactose Intolerant!?!?!?!.!.!?
I never really pay attention to what i eat but like maybe 3 times a week i notice if i eat cheese or ice cream especially!.!.and also like an hour ago i had yogurt!.!.!.
Everytime i eat something with milk in it or is a dairy product i get HORRIBLE stomach aches!.!.like i cant even explain how bad they feel!.!.they come and go for like 30 mins!. then after that i have really bad diarrhea!.!.
I dont wanna seem gross!.!.but i really dont know why i get this!.!.my dad seems to think im lactose intolerant!.!.
Am I!?!?!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Everytime i eat something with milk in it or is a dairy product i get HORRIBLE stomach aches!.!.like i cant even explain how bad they feel!.!.they come and go for like 30 mins!. then after that i have really bad diarrhea!.!.
I dont wanna seem gross!.!.but i really dont know why i get this!.!.my dad seems to think im lactose intolerant!.!.
Am I!?!?!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Lactose is one of the easy ones to do a diet trial!.
Go dairy free (and I am talking about all forms, from milk baked into cookies and bread to the obvious cheese or ice cream) for about 2 weeks and then do a "lactose challenge" by consuming something with lactose in it!. But make sure it is pure lactose!.!.!. a glass of milk, not a chocolate bar, or cheetos or anything like that!.
If the symptoms return, then you pretty much have your answer!. The only thing I do caution about is that if you continue to have symptoms while dairy free then there is a good chance that you have another or a different intolerance or allergy!.
The truth is, the best way to figure out what is really happening is to see a doctor, and have them run a few screening tests (tt-g for celiac, allergy panel for example) and then go from there!. It really could be any number of things and the best way to pin it down is to go see your Dr!.
Also, be sure to take a calcium supplement!. If that is all the milk you are having, you are not getting enough calcium and as a young woman you need all the calcium you can get!.!.!. the better your bones are now, the less problems you will have in the future!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Go dairy free (and I am talking about all forms, from milk baked into cookies and bread to the obvious cheese or ice cream) for about 2 weeks and then do a "lactose challenge" by consuming something with lactose in it!. But make sure it is pure lactose!.!.!. a glass of milk, not a chocolate bar, or cheetos or anything like that!.
If the symptoms return, then you pretty much have your answer!. The only thing I do caution about is that if you continue to have symptoms while dairy free then there is a good chance that you have another or a different intolerance or allergy!.
The truth is, the best way to figure out what is really happening is to see a doctor, and have them run a few screening tests (tt-g for celiac, allergy panel for example) and then go from there!. It really could be any number of things and the best way to pin it down is to go see your Dr!.
Also, be sure to take a calcium supplement!. If that is all the milk you are having, you are not getting enough calcium and as a young woman you need all the calcium you can get!.!.!. the better your bones are now, the less problems you will have in the future!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Could be!.!.!.try lactaid before eating dairy!. If it no longer happens, then you know for sure!. Another possiblity is an allergy!.Www@Answer-Health@Com