The first year of the baby's life is the most difficult in terms of the formation and formation of his gastrointestinal tract. Every young parent knows what colic, gas and unstable stools are, and he also heard about such a thing as dysbiosis in infants. Its treatment can only be prescribed by a doctor, but mothers and fathers can prevent its development. Let's understand what dysbiosis is, what are its symptoms, treatment and prevention.
What is dysbiosis?
In short, dysbiosis is a violation of the quantitative and qualitative relationship between the “good” (lacto- and bifidobacteria) and the “bad” bacteria that inhabit our intestines. As a result of this imbalance, a change in microflora occurs, which leads to an increase and growth of conditionally pathogenic and pathogenic ("bad") bacteria.
What causes a disturbance in the microflora? Until a certain point, these "inhabitants" of the intestine peacefully coexist. Such factors as stress, illness, and a decrease in immunity can provoke “aggression”. If we talk about dysbiosis in infants, the treatment of which is carried out only after diagnosis, it can provoke incorrect breastfeeding, eating disorders, reduced immunity, prematurity of the child, taking antibiotics, infectious diseases, etc.
Dysbacteriosis in infants. Treatment, signs
Let's start with signs of dysbiosis. They can be as follows: irregular stools, constipation, foamy feces with impurities of greens, streaks of blood. Peeling, dryness and redness of the skin, regurgitation after feeding (after 1.5-2 hours), refusal to eat, tightening the legs, bloating, which can be determined visually. In addition, the baby does not sleep well due to spasmodic attacks that torment the intestines. With dysbiosis, constipation is especially frequent due to an insufficient number of bacteria responsible for normal bowel movement. These are the main symptoms talking about dysbiosis in the baby.
Treatment is prescribed only after a laboratory analysis of the stool of the baby. Their studies show whether the bacterial background is disturbed or not.
Treatment of dysbiosis
Almost all doctors agree that dysbiosis is not a cause, but a consequence of another disease. Therefore, to eliminate dysbiosis, you need to find the factor that triggered its appearance. It often happens that when prescribing bacterial preparations for the intestinal population by the necessary organisms, improvement does not occur or it is short-lived. For this reason, it is so important to conduct a comprehensive examination of the child’s health in order to identify or exclude the possibility of more dangerous diseases at an early stage.
And which doctor treats
intestinal dysbiosis in an infant ? Based on bacteriological research, a pediatrician, an allergist, an immunologist can prescribe treatment.
Prevention
Many parents ask what is the best cure for intestinal dysbiosis in a newborn or infant. Pediatricians, neonatologists say that this is a full-fledged breastfeeding of a child up to a year. If complementary foods are introduced, then this should be a varied and age-appropriate food. When mixed feeding should be appropriate mixtures enriched with "useful" bacteria.