Lactose Intolerance: Examination

A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps:

• General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse, body weight, height; furthermore:
  • Inspection (viewing).
    • Skin, mucous membranes and sclerae (white part of the eye).
  • Palpation (palpation) of the abdomen (abdomen) (tenderness?, knocking pain?, coughing pain?, defensive tension?, hernial orifices?, renal bearing knocking pain?) [meteorism (flatulence), diarrhea (diarrhea), cramp-like discomfort].
• Health check

Square brackets [ ] indicate possible pathological (pathological) physical findings.