I've had a few people [medical professionals] say they think I have a dairy intolerance - get tight, wheezy & cough a lot after taking in any straight dairy. I may just be stupid here, IF I do have a dairy intolerance, I wouldn't be able to tolerate any dairy would I? I can drink milk in tea, but if its on its own, it makes me cough & get wheezy. Can't eat yoghurts on their own as I get really tight, I'm fine with stuff like butter when its in sandwiches, but if it came to been on its own, coughing, wheezing & tightness starts up, cheese makes me cough a lot, ect... GP has put it down to get tested for it when I see asthma clinic on the 19th.. Question is, if it is a dairy intolerance, 1. wouldn't it have shown up sooner than 18? 2. wouldn't it show up even mixing dairy, rather than having it on its own?
Sorry for asking, laid around been thinking about a lot of weird & useless stuff. Lol. Also, sorry if I've posted in the wrong place, wasn't sure where to put it.
Lactose (part of milk) & dairy intolerance can be at different levels for people so hence why you can manage milk in tea etc. It can show up at any age. I found out that was what was causing my bowel symptoms this year (after blood tests for coeliac etc and even flex. sigmoidoscopy incase of ulcerative colitis/crohns) on seeing an ad for lactofree dairy products and trying no others for a couple of weeks.
Not sure what effect it has lungs wise but have heard other people say it can cause problems.
I had a dairy intolerance as a baby for about 5 years, it affected my asthma. I have been told that it could also be affecting me again but I love dairy and can't see a direct link like you. I know someone else that also has breathing problems with dairy. People have different reactions to different levels of allergens so that might explain why you can cope with some dairy.
not sure how true this is but Ive been told in the past that some folk can tolerate dairy if its in a 'hard' form such as cheese, but milk can cause problems as its a bit 'gluggy' and causes congestion.
Ive also been told organic products have less of the 'gluugy' congestion building properties in them!
How true this all is im not sure but we have organic these days and I never give Maddie milk to drink, but instead give her lots of hard dairy!!
my oldest can have cheese, yoghurt, and ice cream. but do not whatever you do give her a glass of milk!
she has goats milk on her cereal. it's milder on the body but definitly and acquired taste. i prefer it over cows milk and can drink it where cows milk does leave me a little coughy.
Apart from the occasional chocolate treat I have a dairy free diet! I can't tolerate milk,cream,yoghurts or cheese but am fine to butter my bread ! This didn't happen for me until I was thirteen or fourteen. I now Just avoid dairy products where possible for ease, when I was first diagnosed asthmatic gp did warn parents I may end up on a dairy free diet as dairy creates Phlegm which lays in you chest ect not nice! All In all allergies are strange things and as far as i no can come at any time for example last month I developed and allergy to my favourite fruit strawberries !!
U may just find u can cut out solid dairy products but we are all different ! X
I was diagnosed with a dairy intolerance in my mid 40's! I can't have any dairy at all - even butter on bread, but my husband is also intolerant and he can manage small amounts. There are two factors that influence what you can cope with - the first is how intolerant you are. Your stomache makes an enzyme called lactase which digests the lactose, often people who are dairy intolerant still make a small amount of lactase so they can have occasional milk in tea etc. I make none so can't have any dairy, even goats and sheep. The second factor is how the dairy has been treated - hard cheese for instance has a form of lactose that is easier to digest, (it isn't lactose free as some people will tell you.) Goats and sheeps milk and cheese also has a form of lactose that is easier to digest, as does yoghurt. Some people can therefore cope with some dairy products but not others. The secret of life is to work out your tolerance and stick to it - I never have any dairy at all, in any form, but my husband can do butter and milk in tea, but nothing else.
After a while it gets easier to manage and I do it now without even thinking!!
Im milk intolerant also dairy can give me migraines and can only have the occasional yoghurt ect, i tend to drink the stores own brand soya milk from the supermarket. I went to health food shops, supermarkets and bought a carton of each and tested them all. I then decided which i liked best and i stick to that all the time now, you can also buy soya yoghurts/products. My daughter is also milk intolerant and drinks soya as she didnt like the goats milk as its got a very strong flavour. I didnt find out i was milk intolerant until i left home, i was about 18 at time.
Both my younger daughter and her partner were dairy intolerant as babies and could not have cow's milk or wheat until they were about two years old. Their baby son is the same. Prescription for amino-based 'milk'. Crossing fingers is like his parents and grows out of it too.
I have to get test done but too unwell to sort it yet. Recently, I can't drink milk or have it in cereals, so using soya instead. I love yogurt so still eating it. Can't eat cheese without problems. Really hope I will be ok with butter. I just don't want to deal with food intolences as well as the asthma. My consultant said the Gp has to refer me for this test at another hospital because i am becoming sensitive. So i am glad you posted this and thankful for the replies I better get myself sorted.
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Hello. My little man is lactose and milk protein intolerant. He cant have soya either. It is pretty tricky at times but once u find out what foods r free of products its truely not too bad. Good luck to all awaiting allergy results.chell.xx
I'm dairy intolerant and gp told me was impossible as wasn't as a child yet when saw different dr and explained that each time had dairy had upset tummy and had taken it out of diet for few weeks then put it back in with same prob he said was dairy intolerant. can be pain but vitalite margarine is dairy free and things are getting easier as most supermarkets sell diary free choc and thing like that you just have to watch for things you don't epect to contain milk such as sausages and the flavouring of some crisps. tesco and morrisons used to sell a soft chesse called pure that was dairy free but I'm having prob getting hold of that now and whilst on hols in portugal few weeks ago discovered carte d'or ice cream choc flavour that was soya not dairy yummy just need to locate in this country now!
My recent stay in hospotal (last week) my asthma nurse seemed to think i have problems with dairy...i also questioned her as i am 20 and couldnt think it was possible to just become intolerant...but i have to say i have now been dairy free for 4 days now and although it is a pain in the arse reading ingrediants on everything and missing all the stuff i rrally enjoy like milkshakes (and no alpro soya milkshakes dont taste half as good) it has been like a saviour to me...im not as wheezy...i dont become tight chested as often...my cough is reduced and fingers crossed at the moment i havnt had one of my progressive attacks!!! Soya milk may tast HORRIBLE, but if it keeps the trigger away im happy!!!
Great to hear that cutting out dairy seems to be making a difference for you already!
This is just a quick note to say that soya isn't the only dairy alternative. There's rice milk, oat milk and almond milk (if you're ok with tree nuts). I think the chocolate oat milk is great!
Edited because reading labels is obviously new to you, so of course you're ok with nuts!
I have the opposite that when I saw the consultant last week he said that most people that think they are allergic aren't. I told him I had tests years ago and have been told to not have milk or deriviatives as the increase mucus on my chest and make me sick, stomach cramps etc etc. He said that I was probably just assumiong I couldn't have milk because I am asthmatic.
Anyway after 20 years of no milk I am not going to start trying to convice my body to like it. Alpro milk with lots of nesquick powder are pretty good, I agree the alpro milkshakes just aren't quite right and shake away do a dairy free menu too if you have one of them in your local town. And if like me you think the 'Pure' butter alternatives are foul, vitalite is not and cheaper!
Can see where ur consultant is coming from, coz my asthma team said that most asthmatics assume they are dairy intolerant because the internet says so, and because they get more mucus...they also said that some milk products thicken ur saliva givin u the impression its mucus when in fact its not!
If uve nt had dairy al ur life i wouldnt suddenly change over, could b more hassle than worth!
And i cant have whole nuts because they irritate my airways and make me cough and can bring on attacks....although i do have a tendancy at xmas to eat because i crave them, and then ive got to deal with thdm consequences!
I may try those other milk alternatives, i got a vanilla flavoured rice milk in fridge, not eager to drink though knnxing what stawberry flavoured alpro taste like?! :-|
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