Lactose Intolerance

An inability to digest milk sugar and foods containing it is called lactose intolerance (milk intolerance, lactase wish or dairy product intolerance).Lactose is the main refined sugar of Milk and milk products. An enzyme called lactase is name in the interstitial cells of small intestine. Lactase acts on lactose to break down it into simpler forms, glucose and galactose. In simpler forms sugar is easily absorbed from the walls of intestine into the blood arteries. This disease is caused due to the abnormal functioning of digestive system. cod to the deficiency of the enzyme lactase, lactose remains indigestable and hence a person may suffer a tenderness after ingesting milk or dairy product, swelling in the stomach, mild to severe diarrhea, nausea, cramps, or bollocks problem and bloating. Symptoms may appear immediately or any time after 2 hrs of ingestion of milk or dairy products. Tolerance in a person depends on physiological factorsIn primary lactase deficiency lactase is produced in too small amount that the person is unconscious(predicate) of this deficiency till he reaches an older age. Secondary lactase deficiency results from injury to the small intestine done due to some other diseases like Crohns diseases and inflammatory bowel diseases. Primary lactase deficiency is found to be linked to genetic malfunctioning.Different tests are used by the fasten to identify this deficiency. For example, stool acidity test, hydrogen breath test and lactose tolerance test.There is no specific treatment for this disease. However, symptoms can be monitored and controlled by providing preventive diet. A specific diet miss lactose is given to the patient in order to avoid occurrence of the symptoms. Using certain medicines and drops for the digestion of lactose helps a lot. The patient may start calcium supplements as an alternative for dairy products.Referenceshttp//digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/lactoseintolerance/