Life after antibiotics: how to restore the body

Video: Life after antibiotics: how to restore the body

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

It's no secret that antibiotics not only rid us of disease-causing bacteria, but also cause very significant harm to health. This happens for several reasons: firstly, not only bacteria-pathogens, but also beneficial bacteria - the inhabitants of our body, come under attack, and secondly, the liver and kidneys - the main ways of neutralizing and excreting drugs - suffer from "chemistry".

A long course of antibiotics for serious diseases requires a subsequent course of recovery of the body, and in all directions.

Gastrointestinal mucosa: what happens to it?

So, what suffers in the first place when we take antibiotic pills? That's right, the digestive system is the first to take the hit.

Millions of beneficial bacteria living in our intestines are undeservedly killed, leaving the intestinal mucosa a desert territory.

And this is very bad because:

- "bad" bacteria or fungi can settle there;

- digestion becomes defective, as beneficial bacteria produce a number of digestive enzymes;

- the level of immune defense decreases, since the bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract are actively involved in the work of the immune system.

Therefore, the task of every person who cares about their health is to restore useful flora as soon as possible.

What are we doing?

We accept probiotics in any form:

- in the form of preparations - dried and dissolved lacto-, bifidobacteria, in capsules, in tablets;

- in the form of food - daily portions of kefir, acidophilus, yoghurts and fermented baked milk.

Better to combine both. Do not forget that for the reproduction and consolidation of beneficial flora in the intestine, it needs the right substrate, i.e. what she can eat well. The substrate for beneficial flora is prebiotics - food components that are not digested or absorbed in the upper gastrointestinal tract, but are fermented by the microflora of the human large intestine and stimulate its growth and vital activity. Prebiotics include plant fibers (i.e. we eat a lot of vegetables, fruits), milk sugar (we drink kefir, yogurt) and prebiotic dietary supplements.

So let's not confuse probiotics - bacteria, prebiotics - what bacteria "eat", and we accept both.

Other mucous membranes are also under threat

The effects of antibiotics are not limited to the destruction of the beneficial flora of the intestinal mucosa. The flora living on the mucous membranes of other organs also suffers. And women who are prone to such unpleasant diseases as bacterial vaginosis or thrush know very well: if you drink a course of antibiotics, and hello candidiasis. The mechanism of occurrence is simple - the development of fungi and pathological bacterial flora, which live in small quantities on the mucous membrane, are normally restrained by the beneficial flora.

As soon as the beneficial flora has died under the action of antibiotics, pathogenic microorganisms "raise their heads" and begin to multiply actively, the result is dysbiosis.

What are we doing?

Many doctors recommend taking antibiotics together with antibiotics against fungi, but this doubles the burden on the unhappy liver and long-suffering kidneys. Therefore, it is better to go in a more natural way and create the most comfortable conditions for the growth and reproduction of beneficial flora (in the vagina, these are mainly lactobacilli).

The most natural environment for the growth of lactobacilli is the acidic environment created by lactic acid. It is lactic acid that is "responsible" for maintaining the acidity of the vaginal environment, which normally has a pH value of 3, 7–4, 5.

Under such conditions, normal flora - lactobacilli - grows in the vagina and the growth of pathogens is suppressed.

Femilex® vaginal suppositories containing lactic acid can maintain the acidity level necessary for the growth of normal flora.

The use of Femilex® suppositories allows maintaining the normal acidity of the mucous membrane of the intimate zone and creates comfortable conditions for the growth of beneficial microflora of the intimate zone, which prevents the development of bacterial and fungal inflammations.

Helping the liver

Any long-term use of medicines, not only antibiotics, is a blow to the liver. And since she is constantly burdened with detoxifying everything that enters the body, it is simply necessary to help her recover.

What are we doing?

The most acceptable for liver restoration are drugs (hepatoprotectors) based on plant components - milk thistle extract, artichoke, pumpkin seed oil, etc. The course of taking such drugs is usually long - at least one and a half to two months, so you need to tune in and remember that liver health - the health of the whole organism. In addition, many of the aforementioned agents also have antioxidant activity, which makes their intake even more beneficial.