A person that complains that they have problems with gas, bloating, and diarrhea if they eat breakfast cereal with milk but not if they eat pancakes or waffles, may have
a. milk allergy.
b. gluten intolerance.
c. irritable bowel syndrome.
d. lactose intolerance.
D
These symptoms are likely to be caused by lactose intolerance. Patients with lactose intolerance cannot digest lactose, the sugar in milk, so it ferments in the intestines causing gas, bloating, and diarrhea. Milk allergy may also cause diarrhea, but would probably also cause skin rash and/or asthma. Gluten intolerance would not be affected by milk intake. Irritable bowel syndrome would probably not produce symptoms after eating foods with milk but not after eating foods without milk.
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