All bacteria that colonize the baby's intestines should be in it in a certain proportion, only in this way your baby's body will function normally. Most of the intestinal microflora consists of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria, as well as E. coli. In addition, it includes a conditionally pathogenic microflora, that is, microorganisms that can trigger the development of the disease under the influence of unfavorable factors. Finally, the pathogenic flora can also enter the intestine, which also causes various intestinal diseases.
When the active growth of opportunistic pathogens begins, the number of beneficial bacteria, in turn, decreases. This condition and is a dysbacteriosis of the intestine, which disrupts normal gastrointestinal function. In this article, we will tell you about what symptoms can indicate intestinal dysbiosis in children, and what treatment is usually prescribed for this disease.
Symptoms of a child's dysbiosis
Most often, the intestinal dysbiosis is manifested in children with the following symptoms:
- violation of stool - constipation or diarrhea, flatulence;
- poor appetite, the child does not gain weight;
- anxiety, irritability, sleep disturbance;
- in infants - frequent and profuse regurgitation;
- change in color or stool consistency;
- pain and discomfort in the abdomen;
- skin rash;
- light thick coating on the tongue;
- heartburn, nausea and vomiting.
Thus, the signs of dysbiosis in children are very vague. Sometimes the child is treated for numerous external manifestations of the disease, however, it only gets worse. First of all, when one or more of these symptoms appear in children, it is necessary to take an analysis of feces for dysbiosis and get it decoded.
So you can not only establish the correct diagnosis, but also learn what to treat a child, if he really has a dysbiosis. In most cases, the results of this analysis indicate not only any violations of the composition of the intestinal microflora, but also the sensitivity of the pathogens found to antibiotics and bacteriophages.
Treatment of dysbiosis in children
The treatment of dysbacteriosis is necessarily carried out under the supervision of a doctor watching a child. Depending on the reasons that triggered the growth of pathogenic microflora, as well as external manifestations of the disease, the doctor can prescribe for children a certain medicine for dysbiosis, for example:
- bacteriophages, that is viruses of bacteria, are appointed only when the results of the analysis of stool revealed sensitive microorganisms;
- intestinal antiseptics - Nifuratel, Ersefuril;
- probiotics - preparations containing living bacteria, for example, Bifiform, Bifidumbacterin, Lactobacterin, Linex;
- immunoprotectors - Acipol .
Finally, in the case of severe intestinal infections accompanied by dysbacteriosis, the doctor may prescribe antibiotic therapy. It is necessary to do this very carefully, because antibiotics are very often one of the main causes of dysbacteriosis, so their administration can only aggravate the situation.
In addition, with dysbiosis in children a special diet is necessarily prescribed. From the diet of a child or a nursing mother, if the disease is diagnosed in infants, during the treatment period, the following products should be excluded:
- fresh vegetables and fruits, except bananas. Apples can be eaten in baked form;
- dairy;
- beef and pork;
- juices and carbonated drinks.
Any changes in the nutrition of the baby should also be coordinated with the attending physician.