My uncle underwent gastric surgery. Is there a chance of him developing lactose intolerance?

Because lactose intolerance is an allergy, I don't see why it would be a side-effect. To answer the second part of your question, Usually, the pyloric valve at the lower end of the stomach regulates the release of food into the bowel. When the Gastric Bypass patient eats a sugary food, the sugar passes rapidly into the bowel, where it gives rise to a physiological reaction called dumping syndrome.An affected person feels his heart beating rapidly and forcefully, breaks into a cold sweat, gets a feeling of butterflies in the stomach, and has a "sky is falling" type of anxiety.

He/she usually has to lie down, and is very uncomfortable for about 30 to 45 minutes. Diarrhea may then follow.

Once the enzyme lactase doesn't crack the lactose while in the small intestine the lactose intolerance indicators commence to arise. After that an excessive amount of hydrogen is discharged plus it will start producing additional complications. lactoseintolerancesymptomsblog.com.

Original hub request: My uncle underwent gastric surgery. Is there a chance of him developing lactose intolerance? What is Dumping Syndrome?

Yes friend your uncle is at risk of developing lactose intolerance and dumping syndrome if he has undergone gastric surgery recently but it depends from person to person as some patient experience these and some only experience acidity and GERD or in medical words gastroesophageal reflux disease. For answering your question in more detail, I am writing out this hub to guide you and other people in food and nutrition related to modified diet in carbohydrates and to improve nutritional care of patients suffering from lactose intolerance and dumping syndrome because improving and modifying the patient's diet accordingly helps a lot. I am providing this information only for instructional purposes and for better guidance and proper care, please consult a good gastroenterologist or gastric surgeon in your area.

Operations in the stomach that sacrifice gastric tissue and alter the mechanism of gastric emptying can sometimes cause changes in gastrointestinal physiology and long-term effects causing syndromes like dumping syndrome postgastrectomy or consist of a variety of pathophysiological disorders. Dumping syndrome is an English phrase to describe the sudden filling of the small intestine due to the emptying spout or blow on the stump resulting from gastrectomy. There are two components of this complex pathophysiological disorder: vasomotor and gastrointestinal.

Symptoms include weakness, palpitations, agitation, sweating, paleness, fainting, mental confusion and rarely syncope. Gastrointestinal symptoms include abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea during or immediately after food intake.

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