The expert told what to do if you are faced with this disease.
9 May 2019
Dysbacteriosis is a change in the composition of the microflora. This is not a disease, but only a signal about a disease that needs to be treated. However, there is no such diagnosis in the international classification of diseases. But abroad, they also study violations of the composition of the intestinal microflora (dysbiosis), and the failure of microbial imbalance is called the syndrome of bacterial overgrowth.
Candidate of Medical Sciences, gastroenterologist.
Why is it bad
Symptoms of dysbiosis are nonspecific: bloating and rumbling in the abdomen, stool disorders, pain syndrome. That is why it is difficult to immediately say what is the cause of the problem. Most often these are diseases of the stomach, intestines, gallbladder and pancreas. The composition of the microflora can be disturbed when any kind of infection enters the body, immunity decreases, or a person undergoes radiological treatment. Often, the failure occurs due to the intake of antibiotics.
Research Needed
Do you have a history of chronic gastrointestinal diseases? Go to the laboratory and do the tests. Traditional analysis for dysbiosis does not provide the necessary information, which is much more reliable than PCR diagnostics. Your doctor may order breath tests for bacterial overgrowth syndrome. If a pathogenic flora is found that can cause a threat to health, it is removed – intestinal antiseptics or antibiotics are prescribed. Please note that you cannot prescribe medications on your own.
Prevention
Stick to the principles of good nutrition. Eat at about the same time. Add fiber-rich foods to your diet. It is essential for normal bowel function. Champions in the content of useful substances – pearl barley, oatmeal, wheat, rice, bran, wholemeal bread, raw vegetables (carrots, beets, radishes, cabbage). Please note that instant porridge and cooked vegetables and fruits lack fiber. Carefully read the expiration date on the product labels, wash them thoroughly. Most often, microorganisms, viruses, bacteria enter the body precisely from poorly processed food.
Help from the store
There are now a lot of yoghurts on supermarket shelves, the labels of which indicate the presence of beneficial bacteria in the composition. But you shouldn’t hope for the medicinal properties of such products. They are certainly helpful, but if a serious medical condition exists, it must be treated. Please note that on products similar to yoghurts, sometimes they forget to write that they have been heat-treated. Meanwhile, this leads to the destruction of beneficial bacteria. On such products, there is no inscription that at the end of the shelf life of living bacteria they contain at least 107 CFU per 1 gram of weight.