Can babies with enteritis take probiotics?

When a baby suffers from enteritis, some parents give the baby probiotics. The main function of probiotics is to improve the balance of intestinal microorganisms in the host, so it has no therapeutic effect on the baby's enteritis. If you want to treat protective gastroenteritis, you should use broad-spectrum antibiotics under the guidance of a doctor and follow the course of treatment to get better completely. When the baby is not sick, he can take probiotics to adjust the condition. However, there are many precautions when taking probiotics.

What are probiotics? ? ?

The so-called probiotics are also called probiotics, probiotics or native health-promoting bacteria. In a broad sense, they include any probiotics that are applied to humans or other animals and help improve the balance of intestinal microorganisms in the host. There are many types of such probiotics, including: Bifidobacterium animalis Bb-12, Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM, Lactobacillus (commonly known as A bacteria), Bifidobacterium (commonly known as B bacteria), yeast, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, etc., which can adjust the composition of intestinal flora, inhibit harmful bacteria, and thus enhance the immune ability of the digestive tract. The balance of the original ecology of intestinal bacteria affects human health. Once the probiotics in the intestine increase, the harmful bacteria will decrease. If you can add formula milk with probiotics or add probiotic powder in time, you can achieve the effect of intestinal health care for infants and young children.

There are many types of probiotics, including: Lactobacillus (commonly known as A bacteria), Bifidobacterium (commonly known as B bacteria), yeast, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, etc., which can adjust the composition of intestinal flora, inhibit harmful bacteria, and thus enhance the immune ability of the digestive tract. The human intestine is where bacteria gather and is the largest microbial environment in the body, with more than 400 species.

Precautions for babies to take probiotics

1. When preparing milk powder or preparations containing probiotics, be sure to use warm boiled water (35-40℃) for your baby. The prepared milk or probiotic preparations must be taken in time to avoid the death and ineffectiveness of the probiotics.

2. Probiotics cannot be taken together with antibiotics. Antibiotics, especially broad-spectrum antibiotics, cannot distinguish between harmful bacteria and beneficial bacteria, so when they kill the enemy, they often kill the beneficial bacteria as well. Taking some probiotics at this time or later will play a good role in maintaining the balance of intestinal flora. If antibiotics must be taken, the time interval between taking probiotics and taking antibiotics should not be shorter than 2-3 hours.

3. Babies over 1 year old can drink probiotic yogurt. Especially for babies with loss of appetite, constipation, frequent diarrhea or indigestion, long-term selection of probiotic yogurt can also regulate gastrointestinal function. If you experience abdominal discomfort, abdominal pain, nausea, or vomiting after drinking yogurt, you should stop drinking it immediately.

4. The food for probiotics includes fiber, lactose, starch, oligosaccharides, fermentation products of probiotics and other ingredients; therefore, while supplementing with probiotics, you should eat more root vegetables, fruits, seaweed and other foods, which is equivalent to setting up an environment in the intestines that they like to grow. Most probiotics do not like meat and glucose. If the food containing probiotics contains too much sugar, it will reduce the activity of the bacteria.

5. People with excessive stomach acid, patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery, patients with endocarditis and severe pancreatitis should not drink too much probiotic yogurt. It is best to consult a doctor in advance; other people can enjoy it. Generally, infants and young children can start to gradually supplement with some dairy products containing probiotics after 3 months of birth. For pregnant women who are prone to constipation and other problems during pregnancy, supplementing with probiotics is also very helpful. Generally, with increasing age, the number of harmful bacteria in the intestines increases, so adults and the elderly need to supplement with probiotics more.