Can you develop lactose intolerance?

lately i've been noticing that i get sick to my stomach after eating dairy products. i've heard that you can only be born with lactose intolerance, and i want to know if you can develop it.
thanks!

also, what are the symptoms?

Yes you can. I ate all the ice cream, cheese, and drank milk to my hearts desire until I was about ten years old. Then I started having stomach trouble. Went to a doctor and then another for a second opinion. Both said that no doubt about it, lactose intolerance. However, when I reached my early thirties it just went away as quickly as it came twenty years before. Now I can eat pizza again, but I have found that I don't really like ice cream or milk anymore, I guess I got used to the non-dairy food such as soy milk. Best to check with one or two doctors, If you want to self-diagnose, stay away from all dairy for one week (strictly) and keep a note of your stomach trouble. If you continue to have stomach trouble, chances are that it is something other than lactose intolerance. Then you had better go to a doctor, it could be more serious. If no trouble for the first week, try eating dairy a little on the first day and increase the amount every day of the week. You should notice something is wrong in the first few days if it is lactose intolerance. Hope this helps.

I don't think you can develop it...talk to ur doctor

i've heard of people developing it later on,yes. so,its possible to develop it.

a great many people develop lactose intolerance as they age, no it isn't something you are born with. You are born with allergies, you develop intolerances.

Yes you can develop it. And it is quite often developed a s an adult.

I did when I was about 13 years old

Yes. When I was growing up, I was able to drink milk just fine. About 2 years ago I noticed that every time that I drank milk or ate any soft-serve dairy products I would become sick.

Mikey

Food intolerances can develop at anytime during your life. There is a disease called Celiac, where you're allergic to gluten. While it can be hereditary you generally don't show symptoms until you're a teenager. But it's not always hereditary...and often times you become lactose intolerant because gluten destroys the lining of your intestines, where lactase is created, which helps you digest milk products. Anyway, if it hurts your stomach you probably shouldn't consume it.

Lactose intolerance can be inherited, but also can be brought on by eating too much of the same thing and depleting your store of enzymes that break down the lactose in this case.

The deficiency of B complex vitamins can be-part of the problem by not being able to digest it correctly.

Are you also reacting to other foods, or chemicals? If so, you may be pathologically low in B complex vitamins.

Our body produces fifty percent of the B's it requires, the rest is acquired from the foods we eat.

I developed it at the age of 13.

Usually you'll show signs before full fledged intolerance, but not always.

Yes you def can, we talked about this in my college health course last year. Almost 80% of adults develop lactose intolerance because we are the only creature in the world to continue to drink milk after we are weened. They're many great Over the counter products that you can take before you eat dairy that will make this discomfort go away. Common symtoms are bloating and discomfort after eating dairy and sometimes nausea or diarreah. I've developed a slight intolerance as I've gotten older as well.

not sure....see a dr... my daughter was lactose intolerant from 3 months to 18 months..thank god not anymore..it would of been messed up to see all the other kids eat ice cream & i'd have to tell her no

Absolutely. I developed an allergy to Mountain Cedar when I was almost 40. Your body is constantly changing and adapting to your environment.

when i was born, my mother coodnt breastfeed me b.c i was allergic to her milk. also when i was alergic to milk wen i was first being fed. like i wood cough. I was also a colicy baby. So my mom fed me soy milk and i was allergic to that too. i wood throw up. Now, I am lactose intolerant and drink soy milk alot, weird huh?

u could develop it, and ur symptoms could change.