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Lactose Tolerance test


Plasma/Serum
Test performed by: LabPLUS Special Chemistry


This test is no longer available from Labplus. If want to investigate for lactose (or sucrose) malabsorption, assessing disaccharidase activity from small intestinal mucosal biopsies or Hydrogen/methane breath test yield better diagnostic information than oral lactose tolerance test. The American Gastroenterology Association and the British Society of Gastroenterology currently do not advocate the use of this test. There is strong evidence for discarding the lactose tolerance test and replace it with combination of H2/methane breath test , lactase deficiency gene testing or trial of rigorous lactose free diet .


Contact Information

Emails to chemicalpathologist@adhb.govt.nz will receive priority attention from the on-call chemical pathologist.

If the query concerns a specific patient please include the NHI number in your email.

If email is not a suitable option, please contact the on-call chemical pathologist via Lablink (Auckland City Hospital ext. 22000 or 09-3078995).

Individual chemical pathologists may be contacted but will not be available at all times.

After-hours : contact Lablink (Auckland City Hospital ext. 22000 or 09-3078995) or hospital operator for on duty staff after hours.


Dr Samarina Musaad (Clinical Lead) : SamarinaM@adhb.govt.nz ext. 22402

Dr Cam Kyle: CampbellK@adhb.govt.nz ext 22052

Dr Weldon Chiu: WeldonC@adhb.govt.nz ext. 23427

Dr Campbell Heron: CHeron@adhb.govt.nz ext. 23427

Dr Sakunthala Jayasinghe: Sakunthala@adhb.govt.nz ext. 23427




Last updated at 15:26:00 06/01/2025