LACTOSE INTOLERANCE

GROUP 4
OCTA
SAMUEL
ALDINO
JOEANN
DAVIN
NAZLA
 WHAT IS LACTOSE INTOLERANCE

• -INABILITY TO FULLY DIGEST SUGAR (LACTOSE) IN DAIRY PRODUCTS.

• LACTOSE INTOLERANCE IS USUALLY CAUSED BY A DEFICIENCY OF AN ENZYME
IN THE BODY CALLED LACTASE.
• IT IS USUALLY SELF-DIAGNOSABLE
• LACTOSE INTOLERANCE IS A CHRONIC DISEASE (CAN LAST FOR YEARS OR
BELIFELONG
 SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

• THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF LACTOSE INTOLERANCE USUALLY BEGIN FROM

30 MINUTES TO TWO HOURS AFTER EATING OR DRINKING FOODS THAT CONTAIN
LACTOSE.
• COMMON SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS INCLUDE:
• DIARRHEA.
• NAUSEA, AND SOMETIMES, VOMITING.
• STOMACH CRAMPS.
• BLOATING.
 TYPES OF LACTOSE INTOLERANCE

PRIMARY LACTOSE INTOLERANCE (NORMAL RESULT OF AGING)

• SECONDARY LACTOSE INTOLERANCE (DUE TO ILLNESS OR INJURY)
• CONGENITAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL LACTOSE INTOLERANCE (BEING BORN WITH
THE CONDITION)
 PRIMARY LACTOSE INTOLERANCE

• THIS IS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF LACTOSE INTOLERANCE.

• THE AMOUNT OF LACTASE A PERSON MAKES MAY DECREASE OVER TIME. THIS IS
BECAUSE AS PEOPLE AGE, THEY EAT A MORE DIVERSE DIET AND RELY LESS ON
MILK.
• THIS TYPE OF LACTOSE INTOLERANCE IS MORE COMMON IN PEOPLE WITH
ASIAN, AFRICAN, AND HISPANIC ANCESTRY.
 SECONDARY LACTOSE INTOLERANCE

• INTESTINAL DISEASES SUCH AS CELIAC DISEASE AND INFLAMMATORY BOWEL

DISEASE (IBD), A SURGERY, OR AN INJURY TO YOUR SMALL INTESTINE CAN ALSO
CAUSE LACTOSE INTOLERANCE. LACTASE LEVELS MAY BE RESTORED IF THE
UNDERLYING DISORDER IS TREATED.
 CONGENITAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL LACTOSE
INTOLERANCE (BEING BORN WITH THE
CONDITION)
• IN VERY RARE CASES, LACTOSE INTOLERANCE IS INHERITED. A DEFECTIVE GENE
CAN BE TRANSMITTED FROM THE PARENTS TO A CHILD, RESULTING IN THE
COMPLETE ABSENCE OF LACTASE IN THE CHILD. THIS IS REFERRED TO AS
CONGENITAL LACTOSE INTOLERANCE.
• OCCASIONALLY, A TYPE OF LACTOSE INTOLERANCE CALLED DEVELOPMENTAL
LACTOSE INTOLERANCE OCCURS WHEN A BABY IS BORN PREMATURELY. THIS IS
BECAUSE LACTASE PRODUCTION IN THE BABY BEGINS LATER IN THE
PREGNANCY, AFTER AT LEAST 34 WEEKS.
 TREATMENTS

• LACTOSE INTOLERANCE CANT BE CURED

• TREATMENT FOR LACTOSE INTOLERANCE INVOLVES DECREASING OR
COMPLETELY REMOVING MILK PRODUCTS FROM THE DIET.
• MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE LACTOSE INTOLERANT CAN STILL HAVE UP TO ½ CUP OF
MILK WITHOUT EXPERIENCING ANY SYMPTOMS.
• LACTOSE-FREE MILK PRODUCTS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT MOST SUPERMARKETS.
AND NOT ALL DAIRY PRODUCTS CONTAIN A LOT OF LACTOSE.