Lactose Intolerance, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

By Kenneth Kee

Lactose intolerance is a medical disorder in adults and children who have trouble digesting lactose, a type of sugar found in milk and other dairy foods.
An enzyme called lactase is needed by the body to digest lactose.
Lactose intolerance occurs when the small intestine does not produce enough of this enzyme.
As with everything the patient eats, the body needs to digest lactose to produce energy for body.
People with lactose intolerance do not make enough lactase in their small intestine.
Without lactase, the body cannot properly digest food that has lactose in it.
This means that if the patient eats dairy foods, the lactose from these foods will pass into the intestine, which can lead to gas, cramps, a bloated feeling, and diarrhea which is loose, watery stools.
1. Many cases of lactose intolerance are genetic.
That means that something in these people's genes makes them more likely to develop it.
2. People can also develop lactose intolerance for other reasons.
Sometimes another illness may maintain the intestine from producing adequate lactase.
3. For example, people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's disease, or other long-term disorders that affect the intestines are often lactose intolerant.
Symptoms often occur 30 minutes to 2 hours after having milk products.
Symptoms may be worse when the patient consume large amounts.
Symptoms are:
1. Abdominal bloating
2. Abdominal cramps
3. Diarrhea
Tests to help diagnose lactose intolerance are:
1. Lactose-hydrogen breath test
2. Lactose tolerance test
There is no cure for lactose intolerance, but limiting the intake of food and drink containing lactose will usually help control the symptoms.
Cutting down the intake of milk products that contain lactose from the diet most often eases symptoms.
The patient will play a big part in how the patient feels because it is up to the patient to watch what the patient eat.
There are also many lactose-free dairy products available.
The patient can add lactase enzymes to regular milk.
The patient can eat or drink milk and milk products that have reduced lactose or other foods instead of milk and milk products
TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Lactose Intolerance
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Chapter 4 Diagnosis
Chapter 5 Treatment
Chapter 6 Prognosis
Chapter 7 Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Chapter 8 Food Allergy
Epilogue

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kenneth Kee
• Release date: Oct 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370240609

Kenneth Kee

Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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Lactose

Intolerance,

A

Simple

Guide

To

The Condition,

Diagnosis,

Treatment

And

Related Conditions

By

Dr Kenneth Kee

M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)

Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

Copyright Kenneth Kee 2016 Smashwords Edition

Published by Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

Dedication

This book is dedicated

To my wife Dorothy

And my children

Carolyn, Grace

And Kelvin

This book describes the Lactose Intolerance, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases which is seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.

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Introduction

I have been writing medical articles for my blog http://kennethkee.blogspot.com (A Simple Guide to Medical Condition) for the benefit of my patients since 2007.

My purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of my patients.

Health Education was also my dissertation for my Ph.D (Healthcare Administration).

I then wrote an autobiolographical account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com.

This autobiolographical account A Family Doctor’s Tale was combined with my early A Simple Guide to Medical Conditions into a new Wordpress Blog A Family Doctor’s Tale on http://kenmed.wordpress.com.

From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 700 amazon kindle books and some into Smashwords.com eBooks.

Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.

For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.

The later books go into more details of medical conditions.

The first chapter is always from my earlier blogs which unfortunately tends to have typos and spelling mistakes.

Since 2013, I have tried to improve my spelling and writing.

As I tried to bring the patient the latest information about a condition or illness by reading the latest journals both online and offline, I find that I am learning more and improving on my own medical knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for my patients.

Just by writing all these simple guides I find that I have learned a lot from your reviews (good or bad), criticism and advice.

I am sorry for the repetitions in these simple guides as the second chapters onwards have new information as compared to my first chapter taken from my blog.

I also find repetition definitely help me and maybe some readers to remember the facts in the books more easily.

I apologize if these repetitions are irritating to some readers.

Chapter 1

Lactose Intolerance

What Is Lactose Intolerance?

Lactose intolerance is a medical disorder in adults and children who have trouble digesting lactose, a type of sugar found in milk and other dairy foods.

An enzyme called lactase is needed by the body to digest lactose.

Lactose intolerance occurs when the small intestine does not produce enough of this enzyme.

As with everything the patient eats, the body needs to digest lactose to produce energy for body.

The small intestine normally makes a special substance called lactase, the enzyme that digests lactose and break them into simpler sugars called glucose and galactose

These sugars are easy for the body to use and turn into energy.

People with lactose intolerance do not make enough lactase in their small intestine.

Without lactase, the body cannot properly digest food that has lactose in it.

This means that if the patient eats dairy foods, the lactose from these foods will pass into the intestine, which can lead to gas, cramps, a bloated feeling, and diarrhea which is loose, watery stools.

A lot of people have lactose intolerance but no one has to put up with feeling awful.

If the patient has lactose intolerance, the patient can learn to watch what the patient eats and the doctor may suggest medicine that can help.

Lactose intolerance does not mean the patient are allergic to milk but the patient will probably feel bad after drinking milk or eating cheese, ice cream, or anything else containing lactose.

Incidence:

Between 30 million and 50 million people in the United States have lactose intolerance.

That means at least 10%