Is there sure thing as occasional lactose intolerance?!


Question: I've had this problem since I was about 17. Sometimes (mainly after eating a bowl of ice cream) I will experience all the symptoms of being lactose intolerant about a half hour to an hour after consuming a milk product. It doesn't always happen though. For example, last night I had ice cream and had no problem. Tonight though, I had the exact same kind of ice cream and definitely had some side effects. Is this normal, or am I seriously lactose intolerant?


Answers: I've had this problem since I was about 17. Sometimes (mainly after eating a bowl of ice cream) I will experience all the symptoms of being lactose intolerant about a half hour to an hour after consuming a milk product. It doesn't always happen though. For example, last night I had ice cream and had no problem. Tonight though, I had the exact same kind of ice cream and definitely had some side effects. Is this normal, or am I seriously lactose intolerant?

Well depending on what symptoms you have it may be that you are mildly lactose intolerant and can handle certain amounts of a dairy product, or you might have a mild form of irritable bowel syndrome, which can cause similar symptoms as lactose intolerance and can sometimes be aggravated by dairy products, and 17 would be close to the perfect age for IBS to present. Its also possible, as the last person said, that you're just a little more sensitive to too much dairy. Just kind of experiment and see if you can tolerate a certain food in certain amounts only, or if you have problems when eating dairy along with other foods or drinks.

well i have the same conditions sometimes. i mean maybe you just had too much lactose in a short period of time. when i overload on lactose products, i tend to get symptoms, but when i don't have too much at one period of time, i'm fine. i think its normal. just don't overload.





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