Dairy (lactose) Free diet

mazza111

bossymoo wrote: »

They can actually test for lactose intolerance with a stool sample :eek: see your health visitor if your gp isn't open to ideas x

Unless it's a different test that they did years ago, it doesn't always show up. My lad had the skids from the day he was born until he was 4 months. Nothing ever showed up. Christmas eve they put him on soya milk and on Christmas day he gave me a nice big solid poo! Was the nicest present the mother of a lactose intolerant baby could have had :rotfl: But my lad is 16 now, they may have changed what they test for these days

Bitsy_Beans

My DD was lactose intolerant (now outgrown it thankfully) as were my neice and nephew. I heard that UHT milk has less lactose in it due to the heating process (think it helps break down the sugars) so my SIL would use UHT milk for cooking and cereal, you can get it in full fat and semi skimmed versions. In theory if she can tolerate UHT you could make your own natural yoghurt and add fruit pur!e to it.

canspendnomore

My son is milk intolerant but we didn't find out til he was 4. You need to see a Dietician. Our one said it takes an average 20 visits to GP to get a referral so just keep going back if they refuse.

In the meantime do not use rice milk for under 5s I think it is. There is too high a level of arsenic for toddlers. Fine for adults.

I've been told that Vegusto cheese is very nice and I use tofutti mozzarella and cream cheese. Tesco do a soya cheese and cream cheese but it has a funny smell I think.

Many kids grow out of it by the time they are 5 so hopefully it won't be a lifelong problem.

Let us know how you get on.

pigpen

Your health visitor can refer to the dietician at the hospital, in some areas you can self refer too!.. you really shouldn't stop without some medical advice given she is only a baby.

Go back to the GP and tell them you want the referral and refuse to leave until you have it.. you have to be firm and refuse to be fobbed off.

I had pretty much the same as Mazza with my boy.. they did loads of stool samples and nothing showed up until he was 4 months and stopped breathing after choking on the gas from his tummy and was taken to hospital. His had dark dark green mucusy watery poo, very gassy and sicky (he also had severe reflux) He had very little weight gain.. 3lb10 at birth and 10lb at 6 months!.

Health food shop is a fantastic source of 'vegan' desserts.. we got some vanilla custardy stuff DS3 loved..

Mine has outgrown his intolerance mostly (he is now 13) but has diabetes instead ... can't win with him lol

MadelinesMum

pigpen wrote: »

Mine has outgrown his intolerance mostly (he is now 13) but has diabetes instead ... can't win with him lol

Hi, my 7-yr-old has diabetes and coeliac disease. I think she also has a problem with dairy products as even with the strictess gluten free diet she still has tummy problems. I did think about a York Test but was told that it would come back positive anyway because of the coeliac and also have heard different opinions on the test.

mazza111

MadelinesMum wrote: »

Hi, my 7-yr-old has diabetes and coeliac disease. I think she also has a problem with dairy products as even with the strictess gluten free diet she still has tummy problems. I did think about a York Test but was told that it would come back positive anyway because of the coeliac and also have heard different opinions on the test.

Bless him, why not try some of the lacto free or soya/rice milks and see how he gets on with them?

LolaLemon

we tried all the alternative milks available, but found for us goats milk to be what works, i do buy coconut milk (with chocolate yummy!) for just havinga milky drink. as others have said theuir are many different options for youi.
I would stay away from soya as it can rot young ones teeth. also, what put me off it was they sweeten it with apple juice, and my head couldnt process 'milk' with apple juice on my cornflakes lol

good luck with all this, it can be a 'lonely' road, more so when your doctor does not help to find out what the problem is. my son is going to be six in a few months and i am still fighting to get it on his records so the school can put a picture up in the canteen for any new staff to know not to give him cows dairy, (we also have problems with beef, so if the doctors would just note that he has an intolorance then the school have said they can then justify buying in lamb/pork/turkey to mince and use in the food etc...). the skin tests dont always pick up dairy intolorances/allergies. I got a referal to an allergy specialist who ended up having to take my blood as the skin tests dont test for all components that you can be intolorant from.
keep a diary for food and reactions, include skin dryness, rashes, spots, stomach cramps, windy, type of poo, temperature (i.e. normal, feels a bit high, bit lower than normal etc, dont need to take temp every day/hour. generall temperment, etc for each day, and if u notice a reaction, put time with it as well and can maybe see realtion to how quick reaction is

jemb

Sorry if i'm double posting but thought I would just give my encounter having to be moo free! I'm 28 by the way and I found out around 25. I now however am absolutely fine. Even at my age I grew in and then grew out of it. It had no problems with reflux etc but totally set my Asthma off and I had a cough that would be around every 5secs. I went on a diet with no dairy (as in a diet diet) and it stopped. I went to a birthday, ate a piece of chocolate cake - Astham attack. So, Drs etc confirmed. There are plenty of alternatives, and Lactofree are really good. They do yogurts, cheese, soft cheese, milk, cream as far as I am aware and not too bad. Can taste a slight difference, but not as much as soya which I didnt get on with.
However, point of it being is they wont always potentially be stuck with it. Mine came and went in 2 years.

pigpen

MadelinesMum wrote: »

Hi, my 7-yr-old has diabetes and coeliac disease. I think she also has a problem with dairy products as even with the strictess gluten free diet she still has tummy problems. I did think about a York Test but was told that it would come back positive anyway because of the coeliac and also have heard different opinions on the test.

I dread the blood tests every year. We have family history of thyroid problems as well as the diabetes and a couple with coeliacs as well, so I am really hoping he doesn't end up with everything going. He still has issues with cream, full fat yoghurt (low fat is ok strangely) and milk puddings and he is ok with cheese, it must be something in the processing. Easy enough to avoid most of these though.

MadelinesMum

pigpen wrote: »

I dread the blood tests every year. We have family history of thyroid problems as well as the diabetes and a couple with coeliacs as well, so I am really hoping he doesn't end up with everything going. He still has issues with cream, full fat yoghurt (low fat is ok strangely) and milk puddings and he is ok with cheese, it must be something in the processing. Easy enough to avoid most of these though.

Hi, yes all of those things are auto immune, so I'm afraid if you have T1D then you are more at risk of coeliac and thyroid problems. I was gutted for her when she was diagnosed with coeliac and also dread the yearly blood tests

Interestingly I have found that some diabetic coeliacs also have an allergy to Teflon/PTFE. I only found out when Madeline went on the pump and she was allergic to the cannula. So, out went all the teflon cooking pans!