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Intestinal dysbacteriosis are common side effects when using antibiotics, this symptom is mostly not too dangerous but in the long run can affect health.
1. Intestinal disorders caused by antibiotics
In the body of a healthy person, the intestinal microflora has more than 100,000 billion microorganisms including about 500 different species that exist including beneficial bacteria (85%) and pathogenic bacteria (15%). . In fact, despite the presence of harmful bacteria, the body still achieves a healthy state thanks to the balance between the two groups of bacteria.
Intestinal dysbacteriosis is a bacterial disorder caused by an imbalance between good bacteria and bad bacteria in the intestinal tract. One of the main causes of this phenomenon is due to the use of antibiotics, the use of antibiotics can destroy both pathogenic bacteria and beneficial bacteria, thereby disrupting the balance of intestinal microflora, This creates conditions for the growth of existing or newly introduced pathogenic bacteria, leading to diarrhea or inflammatory bowel disease.
Loạn khuẩn đường ruột là do mất cân bằng vi khuẩn trong đường ruột
When having intestinal dysbacteriosis, the common symptoms of the patient are diarrhea, loose stools, raw stools, sometimes with mucus or little blood, sometimes a feeling of abdominal distension, low fever. Diarrhea is severe or mild, short-term or long-term depending on the type of antibiotic, the duration of use and the body's sensitivity to that antibiotic. Antibiotic-associated dysbacteriosis can occur at any age, in which children are susceptible, the most ominous is that if the dysbacteriosis in children is not treated early, it can lead to Dehydration, electrolyte disturbances, malnutrition leading to exhaustion, can affect health in the long run.
2. Overcoming intestinal dysbacteriosis caused by antibiotics
To limit bacterial infections caused by antibiotic use, when you go to the doctor, you need to inform your doctor about the antibiotic you are taking for advice on how to use it. Never use antibiotics without your doctor's prescription.
Dùng kháng sinh theo đúng chỉ định của bác sĩ để tránh loạn khuẩn
If you have diarrhea caused by antibiotics, you also need to take the entire treatment dose, do not quit halfway because it will cause antibiotic resistance and make the next treatment more difficult.
After each course of antibiotics, you should add beneficial bacteria by eating yogurt and taking probiotics to provide beneficial bacteria for the intestinal tract. Depending on the case of severe or mild diarrhea, anti-diarrheal drugs can be used to reduce the number of bowel movements and avoid dehydration and electrolytes. When the intestinal tract is dysbacteriosis, do not use any more drugs for the intestinal tract, the dysbacteriosis will be worse. Normally, after adding probiotics, the intestinal flora will be rebalanced, diarrhea will be gone.
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