Microflora performs a protective function in the body. Ecology, unhealthy diet, stress, the use of alcohol, medications - all this leads to the inevitable weakening of immunity, an increase in susceptibility to infections, and an increased risk of disease. Internal disturbances affect not only well-being, but also mood and even appearance.
Probiotics - bifidobacteria and lactobacteria, which are living microorganisms that contribute to the restoration of the microflora of adults and children, can significantly help solve this problem.
Bifidumbacterin is a tool that normalizes the intestinal microflora. It is an immunomodulatory drug. It neutralizes the harmful effects of pathogenic microorganisms on the body, improves the gastrointestinal tract functions, digestion processes, metabolic processes and general body resistance.
One packet contains at least 5x108 CFU of freeze-dried live bifidobacteria cells belonging to the antagonistically active strain of Bifidobacterium bifidum N1 and 0.85 g of bifidogenic factor - lactose.
The drug is produced in a cardboard pack of 10 or 30 sachets (dry bifidumbacterin) and in glass vials designed for 5 doses of the drug (bifidum is a liquid bifidobacterium concentrate, formerly known as Bifidum BAG).
The drug is used for prophylaxis when taking antibiotics, hormones, radiation therapy, for dysbiosis, severe stress, acute infectious diseases, intestinal dysfunctions, allergic diseases, chronic gastrointestinal diseases, colpitis, bacterial vaginosis, and is also used to prevent mastitis in mothers who fall under risk group.
Bifidumbacterin is prescribed for children with infectious diseases (purulent-septic processes, pneumonia, etc.), with the complex treatment of diseases at an early age, anemia, rickets, hypotrophy, allergic diathesis, in cases of early transfer of babies to feeding by donor or artificial milk.
For preventive purposes, adults and children from three years of age are recommended to take two sachets 1 or 2 times / day. Children older than six months can be given no more than one sachet 1-2 times / day, under six months - one sachet per day. The average duration of the course of admission is 2-3 weeks. A break between courses of 4-6 months.
In acute intestinal infections, bifidum is prescribed for use in therapeutic doses for 5-7 days.
For the prevention of mastitis, the drug is used externally. Half an hour before feeding, areoles and nipples are treated with a sterile swab dipped in a solution (1 sachet per 10 ml of warm boiled water) . The course lasts 5 days.
Bifidumbacterin is also used to treat gynecological diseases. For this purpose, a tampon soaked in solution (two sachets, 20 ml of water) is intravaginally introduced, left for 2-3 hours. The duration of treatment is 8-10 days.
In some cases, hypersensitivity to the drug is manifested. With caution, you need to take the drug for people suffering from lactase deficiency. Side effects have not yet been identified.
The drug is able to interact with some other medications, in particular, it enhances the effect of vitamins (especially B) and reduces the effectiveness of antibiotics.
Take bifidumbacterin with food, mixing with food (preferably fermented milk) or boiled water (50 ml). When prescribing to children, you can mix the drug with breast milk. Dissolution of the drug in water, the temperature of which exceeds 40 degrees, is not allowed. It is forbidden to store the product in dissolved form. The drug in packages should be stored in a dry place, at a temperature of no more than 10 degrees, for a period of up to one year.