After birth, a baby is an independent individual, completely detached from the mother's body, and needs to adapt to the external environment on its own. Therefore, various symptoms may occur. Many novice mothers may find that their babies have lactose intolerance symptoms. Therefore, let's now learn how to diagnose lactose intolerance in infants?
To diagnose lactose intolerance in infants, it is advisable to take fresh stool from the baby, preferably no more than one hour, and bring it to the hospital in a clean container for stool routine and virus testing to confirm the diagnosis.
Lactose intolerance is mainly manifested as some gastrointestinal symptoms, such as abdominal tension, bowel sounds, abdominal pain, fatigue, diarrhea, etc. If these symptoms occur, they are all manifestations of lactose intolerance. Lactose intolerance is very common in infants, and it is usually secondary to diarrhea because lactase is located at the end of the small intestinal mucosal brush, like hair.
However, the symptoms of lactose intolerance vary greatly among individuals, and severe lactose intolerance can manifest within 30 minutes to several hours after taking a certain amount of lactose. Lactose intolerance has a significant impact on infants, accompanied by diaper rash, vomiting, and growth retardation.
If a baby has lactose intolerance, they may experience diarrhea, abdominal cramps, bloating, or flatulence within 30 minutes to two hours after drinking breast milk or consuming other dairy products (such as cheese or yogurt after starting to supplement with complementary foods). It should be noted that babies should not drink fresh milk before the age of one.
