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No wonder my guts have been so messed up. Late June I started oral antibiotics which made me sick....switch to a different kind which didn't work. 1 Week later in hospital for 2 weeks on IV antibiotics and then 7 weeks on IV antibiotics (Central Line) at home.
One concerning sentence in this article..."In healthy individuals..." Is that saying if the individual is SICK then the adverse reaction isn't supposed to happen?
In a word, No....that's not what the statement means.
It means the study was performed on otherwise healthy individuals but there would be no reason to expect these same adverse affects to NOT happen in otherwise "ill" or "unhealthy" individuals, if anything risks would be higher not less.
The antibiotic, while killing the "bad bugs" can also deplete your gut of the GOOD bugs that make our digestive system work. Once you're off of them, eat yogurt or take probiotics...it will help get your "gut" back in shape!
The antibiotic, while killing the "bad bugs" can also deplete your gut of the GOOD bugs that make our digestive system work. Once you're off of them, eat yogurt or take probiotics...it will help get your "gut" back in shape!
Agree.
Try acidophilus. Since I don't eat dairy I take acidophilus daily. Really helps. It was first recommended by a doc while I was taking antibiotics a few years ago.
No wonder my guts have been so messed up. Late June I started oral antibiotics which made me sick....switch to a different kind which didn't work. 1 Week later in hospital for 2 weeks on IV antibiotics and then 7 weeks on IV antibiotics (Central Line) at home.
One concerning sentence in this article..."In healthy individuals..." Is that saying if the individual is SICK then the adverse reaction isn't supposed to happen?
If you needed antibiotics for that long of a period, you likely either had infection of the bone (osteomyelitis) or the heart (endocarditis). Stop worrying about your gut microbes and just be glad you are well. Yes, yogurt should help.
If you needed antibiotics for that long of a period, you likely either had infection of the bone (osteomyelitis) or the heart (endocarditis). Stop worrying about your gut microbes and just be glad you are well. Yes, yogurt should help.
Well imagine that, all my years in medicine and I never realized there were only 2 possible diagnoses for someone on long term antibiotics, who knew???
Nice advice as well, just suck it up and be happy your alive!
As most poster recommend a probiotic can counter the ill effects of long-term antibiotic therapy which
weakens the immune system, kills normal digesting flora in the gut and without a probiotic to replace flora could lead to exacerbation of many disease hosts. We believe elderly deaths in hospitals, nursing homes and homes are directly related to the ignorance of physicians in three major areas including habitual use of antibiotics, refusal to screen patients for systemic fungal manifestation and over medicating further debilitating patients after an incompetent antibiotic driven death spiral.
I wouldn't just get yogurt. It's not enough for a really messed up gut. I'd get some of the good stuff from the health food store, if you can afford them. Or search on Amazon. Also, switch up after taking them for a couple months. Variety is the key.
Also know most of your serotonin is made in the gut. More and more research suggests probiotics help with mood. So that's something to keep an eye on.
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