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Is This Possible And Can Anyone Tell Me What It Means?

holiday16

By holiday16
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I seem to have a problem when I have anything made with milk, but if I have cheese it doesn't seem to bother me. Is there more of something in milk than cheese? I know I've seen it mentioned that hard cheese has less casein so could that be it? It's so confusing because dairy can take so many forms! I had a bit of milk in my coffee today and now my head hurts, but if I have cheese I seem to be o.k.

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I have been having horrible headaches lately I wonder if that can be from my lactose intolerence but i have been using the lactose free cheese and very little lactaid milk lately.

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I seem to have a problem when I have anything made with milk, but if I have cheese it doesn't seem to bother me. Is there more of something in milk than cheese? I know I've seen it mentioned that hard cheese has less casein so could that be it? It's so confusing because dairy can take so many forms! I had a bit of milk in my coffee today and now my head hurts, but if I have cheese I seem to be o.k.

It sounds like you don't (necessarily) have a problem with casein, you have a problem with *lactose*. In other words, you have lactose intolerance. Both cheese and milk have casein, but cheese has very little to no lactose.

Lactose is milk sugar. You can buy lactose free milk or use Lactaid tablets.

If your lactose intolerance is caused by Celiac, you may be able to tolerate dairy again once your intestines have healed.

If someone tests positive for casein intolerance (IgG or IgA antibodies) or an IgE milk allergy, they are reacting to the milk PROTEIN. The only treatment is to strictly avoid all dairy 100%.

You'd have to keep a record of your reactions. A headache is not common with lactose intolerance (usually you have GI symptoms). You'd have to make sure you didn't get a headache from the caffeine in the coffee, etc. or some other cause. If in doubt, cut out all dairy 100 % or see your doctor for futher testing. A simple blood test can tell you if you have antibodies to milk. Lactose intolerance is dx using the Hydrogen Breat Test.

Hope you feel better soon!

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Thank you! I seem to be able to trace it down to lactose. I found this site which tells how much lactose is in different products and it correlates with the degrees of symptoms I've been having.

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My worst reaction was after having some hot chocolate made from a mix and after seeing that website and finding out it's about 50% lactose that makes sense now! I did some looking around and found headaches can be a symptom. When I had that hot chocolate my whole head felt "swollen". A bit like having a bad sinus infection. That was followed by unbelievable intestinal pain.

I'm just relieved it's lactose related and not casein. My daughter can't have casein and that is so much harder in comparison it's ridiculous. Guess having to deal with that puts this in perspective for me. I just don't understand why it would show up now after being on the gluten free diet for almost a year. I would have thought this would have been a problem in the beginning, not now?

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Whoa! Great site!!

I've occasionally thought of looking for such info.

I've been off dairy for 3+ yrs and haven't been paticularly concerned about whether it's just casein or also lactose.

Figured I might look into it someday.

This is a good start. Thx for the link! :)

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I just don't understand why it would show up now after being on the gluten free diet for almost a year. I would have thought this would have been a problem in the beginning, not now?
It might just be because you are getting older. Children's bodies produce lactase, the enzyme needed to digest lactose, but as you grow up, many people stop producing it at all. Some people in dairy consuming countries continue producing the enzyme longer but it can get less as you age. And different people produce different amounts so you have a very personal limit of how much dairy you can have in one day. So it could be unrelated to celiac and just happened to happen now.

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