Confirmed Celiac Curious About Lactose Intolerance

[C-Ho18]

I have been a confirmed celiac for 4 years now and see the gastroenterologist yearly now. My annual blood tests always show everything as being normal. I have been told that I am lactose intolerant by my doctor. I do eat cheese every now and again without issue. However the last 10 days, I have had a lot of trapped gas/stomach issues. This is so bad that it keeps me up at night. I have cut any dairy from my diet for the last 6 days and the feelings have subsided slightly, but I can still feel the issues above. Still I am not sleeping well because of this.

I am sure that I have not ate any gluten lately because I do almost all of my cooking. I am just baffled why I am feeling like this. I have tried several OTC meds and this has not helped. I was hoping someone on here could give me some guidance. Thank you in advance!

[nvsmom]

To me, lactose intolerance feels quite a bit like a gluten sensitivity when it comes to my gut - bloating, pain, constipation or diarrhea  are often the result of consuming milk for me.  About 50% of celiacs are lactose intolerant when they are diagnosed.  After many months, or even years, many of those regain the ability to consume milk after their intestinal villi (which makes the lactase that digests the milk sugar, lactose). Healing can take a while, for me it took almost two years before I could have some ice cream without pain, and I still can not have it frequently or I feel a bit poorly - dairy less than once a week is all I can handle.

 

Many cheese's are lactose free. Lactose is a sugar and the hard cheeses have very little milk sugar in them. If you do have cheese, buy lactose free cheese or the very hard cheeses like cheddars.

 

Try going through all of your prepackaged foods, meds, and lotions/soaps.  Maybe gluten is slipping through?  Otherwise, I would cut out all dairy for a while and hopefully that will do it for you.

 

Hope you feel better soon.