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Lactose Intolerance

Lactose intolerance means that you cannot digest foods with lactose in them. Lactose is the sugar found in milk and foods made with milk. After eating foods with lactose in them, you may feel sick to your stomach. You may also have:

  • Gas
  • Diarrhea
  • Swelling in your stomach

Your doctor may do a blood, breath or stool test to find out if your problems are due to lactose intolerance.

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  1. Lactose Intolerance (National Library of Medicine)  
    Lactose intolerance means that you cannot digest foods with lactose in them. Lactose is the sugar found in ... find out if your problems are due to lactose intolerance. Lactose intolerance is not serious. Eating less food ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/lactoseintolerance.html - Health Topics
  2. Lactose intolerance 
    Lactose intolerance is a condition that makes it difficult to digest lactose, a sugar found in milk and several other dairy products. Lactose is normally broken ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/lactose-intolerance - Genetics
  3. Lactose intolerance 
    ... is needed by the body to digest lactose. Lactose intolerance develops when the small intestine does not make ... milk. Babies born too early (premature) sometimes have lactose intolerance. Children who were born at full term often ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000276.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Lactose Intolerance (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)  
    Lactose Intolerance/Women ... Lactose Intolerance ... Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health
    https://www.womenshealth.gov/.../lactose-intolerance - External Health Links
  5. Lactose Intolerance (Boston Children's Hospital)  
    Lactose Intolerance/Teenagers ... Lactose Intolerance ... Boston Children's Hospital
    https://youngwomenshealth.org/guides/lactose-intolerance - External Health Links
  6. Lactose Intolerance (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Lactose Intolerance/Start Here ... Lactose Intolerance ... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../symptoms-causes/syc-20374232?p=1 - External Health Links
  7. Lactose Intolerance From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)  
    Read about symptoms and management of lactose intolerance, a condition in which you have digestive symptoms after you consume foods or drinks that have lactose.
    https://www.niddk.nih.gov/.../digestive-diseases/lactose-intolerance - External Health Links
  8. Cow's milk and children 
    ... who are older than 1 to 3 years. Lactose intolerance occurs when the small intestine does not make enough of the enzyme lactase. A child who is lactose intolerant can't digest lactose. This is a ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001973.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. ClinicalTrials.gov: Lactose Intolerance From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Lactose Intolerance/Clinical Trials ... Lactose Intolerance
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...Intolerance"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  10. Lactose Intolerance (For Teens) (Nemours Foundation)  
    Lactose Intolerance/Teenagers ... Lactose Intolerance
    https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/lactose-intolerance.html - External Health Links
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