摘要

introduction: there are inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) patients avoid lactealproducts withoutevidenceof lactose malabsorption, probablybecause of incorrect patient perceptions and arbitrary advice from physicians anddiet books. aim: to evaluate the prevalence of lactose malabsorption in patients with ibp. method: in 18 patients with crohn%26apos;s diseaseand24 with ulcerative colitis and25 controls the prevalence of lactose intolerance, as measured by lactose breath hydrogen tests. results: observed deficiencies of absorption of the lactose in 7 (16.6%) patients with ibpand 5 (20%) subjects control. conclusions: not all the patients with ibd are intolerant to the lactose by the suppression of the lacteal produts must not be generalized in the diet of these patients.

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