At the moment of birth, the intestines of the child are sterile, the colonization of microflora occurs gradually during the first week of life. In the future, with a change in the qualitative and quantitative composition of the intestinal microflora, intestinal dysbiosis may occur. Treatment of dysbiosis in a child under one year old consists of several stages.
Instructions
Step 1
Begin the treatment of dysbiosis with the identification and subsequent elimination of the causes of the disease. In children who are bottle-fed, there is an increased content of lactobacilli, clostridia and bacteroids in the intestinal microflora. This is a feature of the assimilation of artificial mixtures by the infant's body. Despite the more than sufficient content of lactobacilli, an increase in the number of bacteroids causes an increase in gas formation, and clostridia produce toxins. Taken together, this leads to the symptoms of dysbiosis. If the child has grown up and began to receive complementary foods, antibiotics may become the cause of dysbiosis.
Step 2
Replenish the missing bacteria in the intestinal flora by taking special medications. If stool tests show a deficiency of bifidobacteria, give the child bifidobacteria drugs. If the intestinal flora lacks lactobacilli, give the baby preparations that contain them.
Step 3
Dysbiosis leads to malabsorption of nutrients in the intestines and can cause severe digestive upset. In this case, give your child enzyme preparations. Remember that you cannot take enzymes for a long time, this can lead to a decrease in the function of the pancreas. The duration of the course of treatment with enzymes should be monitored by the attending physician.
Step 4
Use sorbents to eliminate toxins that are produced in the process of vital activity by the "unnecessary" intestinal flora. Remember that they are highly absorbent and are effective only for 5 days.
Step 5
To eliminate pathogenic flora, use bacteriophages in the treatment complex. These are living agents that are capable of destroying the cells of pathogenic organisms. Bacteriophages have a certain specificity for different types of pathogenic bacteria, select the drug taking into account the composition of the child's altered intestinal flora.
