Milk intolerance can be an allergy if you are allergic to bovine proteins
which would include beef, veal, milk and derivates, gelatine and derivates.
Mireille (Gaspésie, Québec)

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> De : MONICA STEINER <[log in to unmask]>
> A : [log in to unmask]
> Objet : Re: Allergy Testing
> Date : mercredi 24 septembre 1997 20:21
>
> Milk intolerance is mostly known as lactose intolerance. It is NOT an
> allergy.  It is the inability of the digestive system to digest the
lactose
> (and probably other substances too) in milk and most milk products mostly
> for lack of the proper enzymes, like lactase.  For lactose intolerance
you
> do a fecal test, not an allergy test.  Behavioral problems could be
caused
> by the sugar in milk or by other allergies, not by the milk intolerance.
> That is just my own opinion, based on personal experience and 25 years of
> informal research.
> Monica
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> > From: Heidi  Loncosky <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Fwd: Allergy Testing
> > Date: Wednesday, September 24, 1997 4:07 PM
> >
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> > Forwarded message:
> > Subj:    Allergy Testing
> > Date:    97-09-24 19:00:31 EDT
> > From:    RALXTRM
> > To:      NO-MILK @maelstrom.st.johns.edu
> >
> > I finally decided to take my son to an allergist and get him tested to
> find
> > out "exactly" what part of milk  that he is allergic to.  Many of you
on
> the
> > list probably know what the results were because you've heard this
> > yourselves.  He's not allergic to anything according to this doctor.  I
> asked
> > her how she explained the reaction that occurs when he drinks milk (IBS
> and
> > behavioral changes) and she had no answers other than," if that's what
> > happens then don't feed him milk, but he is not allergic".  Boy was I
> mad.
> > The tests that were done were the skin prick tests.  I know that I
should
> > have known better because of all that I read on the list but that's the
> tests
> > that they did and I couldn't remember what the other tests were.  If
> someone
> > could remind me of the best tests to have done I'd appreciate it.
> >  I got a recommendation for a dr. that tests using the methods that Dr.
> Doris
> > Rapp does ( provocation/ neutralization) and I plan to give them a
call.
> >   The dr. that we went to said that this method is not scientific but
Dr.
> > Rapp sure is helping alot of people and at this point I'm not sure if
I'm
> > worried about how scientific things are.
> > I watch my son react to milk and I didn't have to be a scientist to
> figure
> > that out.
> > If anyone is familar with this method of testing, I'd like to hear
about
> it.
> >
> > One more thing that I was thinking about is the fact that my son has
> diarrhea
> > every time he eats or drinks anything orange.  I thought I remembered
> some
> > talk about citrus and milk allergies running together.  Or could this
> just be
> > a digestive thing.
> > Any help would be great.
> >
> > Thanks,  Heidi L.