Jenni: lactose intolerance

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Jenni - perhaps foolishly before reading all the other posts I just

noticed in a digest post over the weekend you said Mari was lactose

intolerant so she can't eat milk products (yes) and eggs ....no! She

*can* eat eggs if lactose intolerant - (except if she is allergic to

eggs as well.) The lactose intolerance is only to the lactose (milk

sugar) in milk, but not all dairy products which traditionally include

eggs. I've often come across this misconception when eating out and

now just I can't eat milk products but can eat eggs.

love

Caro

(lactose intolerant for 25 yrs, coeliac as well now!)

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on 29/10/01 12:38 PM, Caro Heyworth at heywortno3@... wrote:

> noticed in a digest post over the weekend you said Mari was lactose

> intolerant so she can't eat milk products (yes) and eggs ....no!

oops sorri should have made that clear, you're right she can't have the milk

products because of the lactose intolerance whilst the eggs are a separate

issue but I believe related issue, they are just another food that plays

havoc with her system along with kiwi fruit, nuts and high fibre foods

.......... What we lovingly refer to as 'Mari's dodgy digestive system'.

> (lactose intolerant for 25 yrs, coeliac as well now!)

What there something that triggered your lactose intolerance? and what were

your symptoms? and when did the coeliacs develop - are the two linked?

questions questions

Mari became ill at 12mths when I brought her home from Spain - we believe

she had gastroenteritis - and despite being told that she'd be better by

1.5yrs/then 2yrs/then 2.5yrs/then 3yrs - every time we've challenged her

with the problem foods she's become ill again I've now decided to keep

her diet as it is, she's thriving so why should we go through the stress of

making her ill and the strange child loves soya cheese (yuk, yuk!) but then

again her favourites are olives!

Jenni

( & Gethyn)

17yrs; Mari 3yrs Home Birth; Nia 5 wks Home Water Birth

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Hi Jenni (again!) - will have to be brief or DS will go ballistic on

me;

the lactose intolerance started after a tour round Europe that

included getting a giardia bug which seemd like a bad gastro

enteritis - seemed to trigger it. Gastroenterologist thought that any

number of things might have triggered it in a susceptible

individual.... Always was quite a bad intolerance - had reactions to

cow, sheep and goat milks and products and quite small amounts at

various points...

Not sure what has triggered coeliac disease - may have had it for a

long time because of certain unmentionable symptoms longterm - but

possibly the stress of DD's dad dying as certainly digestive system

did give up on me for a few months then - then again at Christmas blew

up again and got diagnosed gradually this spring. I do seem to be

able to tolerate small amounts of milk product now though, someone at

Coeliac Soc suggested it might, once the intestines had calmed down

away from gluten products (and I have tried to be wheat free most of

this year as well - may eat more specialist coeliac products later

which have no gluten but are made of tinkered-with wheat)

Symptoms of coeliac disease in children would largely be longterm

failure to thrive as far as medical profession is concerned - esp if a

dip on centile charts -

but also irritability / diaorrhea / wind / lethargy / lack of energy

/ abdominal pain / nausea / wasting are some coeliac symptoms...

Not sure if much help - certainly the lactose intolerance doesn't seem

to have the same long term worrying prognosis as undiagnosed coeliac

disease (cd carries a risk of cancer in digestive areas) - both are a

bit of a pain when going out and visiting people...

Maybe with Mari when she gets more mature and has been strictly off

the problem foods she may acquire tolerance with maturity...? I'd be

quite strict when keeping her off foods, then with doc's permission do

'trials' of the food. With a wheat trial you have to eat it 3 times a

day for 6 weeks (but when I did one I had symptoms after 2 days and

refused to continue with it)

love

Caro

> What there something that triggered your lactose intolerance? and

what were

> your symptoms? and when did the coeliacs develop - are the two

linked?

> questions questions

>