lactose intolerance
condition involving a decreased ability to digest lactose due to a lack of lactase in the small intestines, either genetically or from injury
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Summary
lactose intolerance is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,969 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: carbohydrate metabolic disorder[3], malabsorption[4], food intolerance[5], disease[6]
- Commons category: Lactose intolerance[7]
- Opposite of: lactase persistence[8]
- Symptoms and signs: abdominal pain[9], flatulence[10], diarrhea[11], bloating[12], borborygmus[13]
- Has cause: eating[14], absence[15]
- Medical examination: hydrogen breath test[16], fecal pH test[17], blood test[18], genetic testing[19], biopsy[20], chromatography[21]
- Possible treatment: lactase[22], moderation[23], abstinence[24]
- Prevalence: 0.65[25], 0.1[26]
- ICD-9-CM: 271.3[27]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C3154[28]
- Different from: cow milk allergy[29]
- Health specialty: endocrinology[30]
- Age of onset: adolescence[31], infancy stage[32]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_10604[33], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:10604[34], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0004789[35], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_319681[36]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[37]
- Risk factor: age of a person[38], ethnicity[39]
Why It Matters
lactose intolerance has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 93 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]