Can patients with celiac disease also be lactose intolerant?
What will be an ideal response?
• Lactase is available for digestion of lactose at the brush border of the enterocyte.
• When this brush border is damaged—in this case from celiac disease—it is not uncommon for patients to experience secondary lactose intolerance (hypolactasia).
• Until the villi have had an opportunity to heal, lactose may need to be restricted.
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