The majority of healthy individuals
with lactase deficiency can tolerate up to 20 g lactose without difficulty.
In many cases, even children
with a lactase deficiency may tolerate some lactose in their diet, such as a scoop of ice cream, or milk on their cereal, but only experience symptoms when they have «too much milk.»
Not exact matches
Congenital
lactase deficiency: an extremely rare inherited disorder in which a baby is born
with very little or none of the enzyme that breaks down the sugar lactose found in milk, causing life - threatening lactose intolerance symptoms
Sometimes a baby can be born
with a condition called primary
lactase deficiency or
with galactosemia, in which they can't tolerate breast milk.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends soy formulas for parents who do not want their child to eat animal protein, and for infants
with galactosemia or congenital
lactase deficiency.
The study finds no evidence of cellular intestinal inflammation,
lactase deficiency, or «leaky gut» specific to autistic children
with GI symptoms, according to the new research, led by Timothy Buie, MD, Rafail Kushak, PhD, and Harland Winter, MD, of MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston.
For mothers who prefer giving formula, the AAP does not recommend soy formula for preterm infants, but states that soy formula is indicated for infants
with hereditary disorders that make them unable to properly digest milk, such as galactosemia and the rare condition hereditary
lactase deficiency.
As
with lactose (another disaccharide) which requires a special enzyme,
lactase, to break it down, a small percentage of people are genetically prone towards
deficiency in trehalase, the enzyme that metabolizes trehalose.
Further, certain diseases (like 65 % of autism have a
lactase deficiency) are associated
with lactose intolerance, and some diseases (like IBS which afffects ten to fifteen percent of the population) may have an intolerance to the quantity of lactose consumed in the diet.
Patients
with rare hereditary problems of galactose intolerance, the Lapp
lactase deficiency or glucose - galactose malabsorption should not take this medicine.