Has anyone here become lactose intolerant as an adult?

I did about 7 months ago and I'm 36 years old!!!

From the sounds of the articles I have read about this, it is very rare to become lactose intolerant as an adult and it may be Coeliac disease, which is explained in this article here, i also included the link to this article so you can read more if you want:

The normal mammalian condition is for the young of a species to experience reduced lactase production at the end of the weaning period (a species-specific length of time). In non dairy consuming societies, lactase production usually drops about 90% during the first four years of life, although the exact drop over time varies widely. However, certain human populations have a mutation on chromosome 2 which results in a bypass of the common shutdown in lactase production, making it possible for members of these populations to continue consumption of fresh milk and other dairy products throughout their lives.

Pathological lactose intolerance can occur due to Coeliac disease, which damages the villi in the small intestine that produce lactase. This lactose intolerance is temporary. Lactose intolerance associated with coeliac disease ceases after the patient has been on a gluten-free diet long enough for the villi to recover

You can become lactose intolerant as an adult. I did, and my husband did, although mine is more severe. His grandfather and my grandmother were both lactose intolerant, and both became so later in life. You might consider going to rice milk, soy milk (such as silk) or goat's milk. I am not big on rice milk and I am also allergic to soy so I drink goat's milk, eat goat"s milk yogurt and use goat's milk butter. All of the pain has gone away since I switched. Try cutting it out for a few days. Then have a glass of milk and see what happens! When you think about it, humans are the only animals that drink milk after we are weaned, and we don't even drink human milk...we drink the milk of another animal!

My dad has. Tips: *most dark chocolate is edible *you CAN eat mayo *eggs are not dairy *sorbet makes a good replacement for ice cream *if there is something that you reeeeeeeally want to eat, but it has dairy, take some lactaid. it will help for the most part *bread does not have milk *you can always have margarine instead of butter *coconut milk has no lactose *there are some things that are specially made lactose free *soy milk can replace milk*You can also have goat/sheep cheese/milk

Yes!!! For a long time I couldnt figure out why I was always feeling so ill and happened to stop drinking milk for a week. I felt so much better, but as soon as I drank milk, I felt ill!!! Now its SoyMilk for me.

I did when a guy at work told me about puss and blood being in the cow's milk because they use machines to milk them. I went to some milk website and it grossed me out so bad I didnt drink milk for a long time. YUCk!

i might i got a kidney stone from eating and drinking alot of milk and dariy products ........ i know at one time i about got sick drinking a glass of milk so thats why i stay away from it alot more then i use to :(

i have but its a pregnancy thing ( i hope raised on a farm milk huge part of my diet)

yes i do... what i did was i drink more milk....

you cant drink a lacto-free milk...

yes some do.