Vol. 11, Special Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Sakshi Sharma, Riya Abrol and Rahul Singh Chandel

Abstract:
When we talk about lactose intolerance, we primarily refer to a syndrome that manifests as a variety of symptoms after eating lactose-containing foods. One of the most prevalent types of food intolerance, it results from decreased lactase activity in the small bowel brush boundary. Depending on how severe these symptoms are, a person may be lactose intolerant to varied degrees. Lactose can be fermented by the gut microbiota when it is not digested, which can cause lactose intolerance symptoms such diarrhoea, bloating, flatulence, and abdominal pain. There is significant intra- and inter-individual variation in the severity of these clinical manifestations. These digestive symptoms could be mistakenly classified as "milk allergy" symptoms because they resemble cow's milk allergy symptoms. There are significant variations in lactose intolerance.