Lactose-intolerance, milk protein concentrate and celiac disease

by Carol
(Ontario, Canada)

Every year for five years in the 80s, I had severe gastrointestinal infection of my stomach and bowels.

Since that time, I developed lactose-intolerance. Severe cramps, diarrhea, nausea, the whole nine yards.

Then in November/December of 2008, my bowel movements were suddenly unusually pale. I mentioned this to my doctor and she referred me to a general surgeon to determine why I was losing iron. I had both a colonoscopy and an endoscopy. My diagnosis? Acid reflux...at the time, gastritis and... celiac disease. So, I started eating gluten-free foods.

I've been eating probiotic yogurt, plain, no fat, for awhile and just this past week on two separate occasions, after eating more than the requiared 175 milligrams of this same yogurt, I experience stomach ache and two bouts of diarrhea. The second time around, less yogurt, the same stomach discomfort and no diarrhea.

Checked the ingredients on the yogurt container and noticed milk protein concentrate, so, I've pretty much put two and two together and believe I probably had a milk protein reaction, an allergy to.

On top of that, years ago, I was told by a nurse-practitioner to start a diet of low to no-fat dairy products.

Seems I have a hyper-sensitive stomach and attempting to see where gastroenteritis, lactose intolerance and a possible alllergy to milk proteins, fits into the scheme of things.