 [ Symptoms ] dairy has never caused me stomach problems but it does give me hard stool and hemorrhoids am i lactose intolerant  i have had hard and painful stool off and on for as long as i can remember and i am 41 now 20 years ago i started to get blood in my stool and 5 years ago i started getting hemorrhoids on the outside which are very painful i have noticed that when i eat a lot of cheese or drink a lot of milk it brings on the bleeding then hemorrhoids then hard stool in that order am i lactose intolerant or is it something else [ Disease ] try antidairy milk products first silk is a popular one and they are not very expensive there are almond milks too that are very good