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Follow the links to information on malabsorption syndromes, including lactose intolerance.
For specific information about lactose intolerance in breastfed babies and coeliac disease, follow the links to the specific topic pages below.
Reviewed May 2008
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Lactose intolerance and the breastfed baby
HealthInsite Expert View by Australian Breastfeeding Association counsellor, Joy Anderson. Lactose intolerance arises when a person does not produce the enzyme (or does not produce enough) and is therefore unable to digest lactose. The symptoms of lactose intolerance are liquid, frothy stools, and an irritable baby who may pass wind often.
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Reactions to food - food allergies
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Foods can cause a wide variety of reactions in children. It is important to get any illness or reaction checked by a doctor to be sure of the cause.
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Jun 2008
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Milk - facts and fallacies
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Better Health Channel
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Milk is an excellent source of vitamins and minerals, particularly calcium. However, some common fallacies about milk may encourage some people to restrict their intake of this highly nutritious drink unnecessarily.
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Jan 2008
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Nutrition and Lactose Intolerance
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Virtual Medical Centre.com
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Nutrition in lactose intolerance is important, because many lactose intolerance patients control their symptoms by avoiding foods which contain lactose, especially dairy products. Unfortunately, this may put them at risk of calcium deficiency.
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Jan 2008
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Lactose intolerance
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myDr
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Some people have a problem with milk because they have lactose intolerance (also called lactase deficiency).
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Nov 2007
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Lactose intolerance and the breastfed baby
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HealthInsite Expert View by Australian Breastfeeding Association counsellor, Joy Anderson. Lactose intolerance arises when a person does not produce the enzyme (or does not produce enough) and is therefore unable to digest lactose. The symptoms of lactose intolerance are liquid, frothy stools, and an irritable baby who may pass wind often.
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Feb 2007
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Colic
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HealthInsite Topic Page
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Links to information about colic.
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Sep 2006
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Lactose intolerance and the breastfed baby
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Australian Breastfeeding Association
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Lactose intolerance arises when a person does not produce the enzyme lactase (or does not produce enough) and is therefore unable to digest lactose. The symptoms of lactose intolerance are liquid, frothy stools, and an irritable baby who may pass wind often.
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Aug 2006
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Lactose intolerance
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Better Health Channel
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Lactose intolerance is when a person has difficulty or is unable to digest milk sugars. People with this problem do not have enough of the enzyme lactase. Five per cent of Caucasians and up to 75 per cent of non-Caucasians living in Australia experience lactose intolerance. Symptoms include bloating, gas, abdominal pain and diarrhoea.
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Jul 2006
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Lactose intolerance in babies
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Lactase is an enzyme, or chemical, which the body uses to digest milk sugar (lactose). If there is not enough lactase, undigested milk sugar may cause gut pains and diarrhoea. This is called lactose intolerance.
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May 2006
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Lactase treated feeds to promote growth and feeding tolerance in preterm infants
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Successful transition from parenteral nutrition to full enteral feedings during the immediate neonatal period is associated with improved growth in preterm infants. Lactase is the last of the major intestinal disaccharidases to develop in preterm infants.
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