> First question is, who told you and on what basis?  I am finding a lot
> of doctors are simply ascribing symptoms to lactose intolerance  
> without
> doing any testing at all.

Her diagnosis is based on biopsies of her intestine.  Because of the  
other trouble she was having, she had an endoscopy and colonoscopy  
done and they did biopsies.  They said that she produced some lactase  
but that it was deficient.  She had trouble when we switched from  
formula to milk but seemed to have outgrown it.  At least she seemed  
to tolerate dairy.  Now she gets a tummy ache and diarrhea from ice  
cream.  She drinks milk and eats cheese with no reaction.  There are  
no nuts in the ice cream as she doesn't like them.  And we have  
noticed it with about three different flavors/brands.  I started  
giving her lactase pills before she eats ice cream and she said it  
helps some.
Kathy Zdon
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