eat slower during meals and drink room-temperature water or tea.
Your enlarged stomach won’t go away all at once and will often lead to the last symptom on our list.
Flatulence
There are only two ways out of the body for those excess gasses: the mouth or the bottom. With that in mind, a lot of people will experience both burping and flatulence as their body tries to get rid of the things they can’t digest.
This symptom is both embarrassing and uncomfortable, giving new meaning to the phrase “cutting the cheese.”
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How to Take a Lactose Intolerance Test?
A lactose intolerance test is a simple procedure that only requires about 2 hours of waiting for your results. Luckily, you don’t have to spend that 2 hours staring at your watch because you’re only waiting for your blood glucose levels to rise to normal levels.
After drinking a lactose solution, your doctor will see how fast your glucose levels increase back to normal. If they climb relatively quickly, you have nothing to worry about. However, if they are slow or don’t rise at all, you may have to cut back on the cheese and ice cream.
People have opted to give themselves lactose intolerance tests at home in recent years. This process is much simpler as you only need to drink a small amount of milk and wait about an hour to see any of the symptoms above.
There are also numerous online questionnaires that people can fill out to better understand the symptoms they are going through and if they may have an intolerance. Note that although at-home tests are more convenient, they should not replace a doctor’s visit or consultation.