Lactose Intolerance
Disease information
Lactose Intolerance
It is
a
suffering that also is known like:
Deficit
of lactasa,
Deficiency
of disacaridasas or simply intolerancia to milk.
Milk is one of the most complete foods in relation to the variety, amount and quality of the nutrimentos that contain, reason why universally
has
been incorporated to the daily diet, mainly of the
children
and
children
, since it enormously favors his growth and suitable
development
.
But
this product of
origin
animal, contains
a
called sugar
lactose
, that many people, mainly adult, are incapable to digest due to an affectation of the
intestinal
mucosa and to the
deficiency
of
a
called enzyme lactasa.
When there is
a
deficit
of lactasa, the
lactose
happens without being processed to the colon, in where the
bacteria
ferment the sugar and produce carbonic lactic acid and anhídrido and diminishes the water absorption, causing the annoyances characteristic of the intolerancia to milk.
Between the
common
symptoms, they are: abdominal, diarrea pain, distension of the abdomen, flatulencia and by the acidity of the fecal matter, sometimes also cause galling of the anus. With time the damages pronounce in loss of
weight
and undernourishment mainly in
children
and greater people.
This
disease
that is developed in the
childhood
,
but
that little affects in fact the
children
and
children
who suffer it, is progressing of such form that the adults are harmed, since in addition to the annoyances, the milk absence in the diet, can cause lack of
calcium
,
vitamin D
, riboflavina and proteins, which does that necessarily it is necessary to replace milk by milky products dealt with lactasa, by prepared with proteins of milk, or by milk of soya, that is
a
good option by its
nutricional
quality and his low cost.
IMPORTANT:
The content of this note is informative and it does not replace the medical diagnosis, reason why we do not become people in
charge
on its use.
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