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Antibiotic Resistance in the ICU
The emergence of superbugs is now a serious issue. Using antibiotics in ICU to prevent or control infection is understandable, but it has consequences. It is important to hold back on their usage until certain there is an infection.
Antibiotics and the GI Tract
This is an extensive review of what antibiotics do to the microflora of the GI tract. Many MDs overuse antibiotics "just to be sure" that a bacteria may be causing symptoms; this is very dangerous thinking. It is common knowledge that antibiotics are massively overused in treating colds, flus, ear infections, etc. Yeast syndromes, leaky gut ...
Antibiotics and Their Dangers
Antibiotics are massively overused in medical practice. Their side effects are far more profound than most MDs recognize. We review some of these complications, especially in modifying the microbial ecosystem in the gut.
C. Difficile: How to Treat it
A natural defense mechanism used by cells in the gut neutralizes toxins generated by the C. Diff microorganism. The toxin produced requires multiple sectionings in order to become activated and this can be blocked by stopping this effect. Cysteine protease is the enzyme that can do this and researchers are hoping to discover how to stop ...
Colds and Flu
Colds and influenza are different. Both are viral and are not helped by antibiotics but they are still often prescribed. Immunizations are controversial
D-Mannose For Urinary Tract Infections
Chronic use of antibiotics may help with chronic urinary tract infections, but they also effect the microflora in the GI tract. E. Coli cause 80% of all urinary tract infections. When E. Coli sticks to the lining of the urinary tract it causes inflammation of the urinary tissues. A simple sugar that the body cannot metabolize coats E. Coli ...
Garlic Superior to Antibiotics for Common Food-borne Illnesses
A compound in garlic, diallyl disulfide, according to an article in the May issue of the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, is more than 100 times more potent than Cipro or erythromycin in food borne illnesses caused by campylobacter, pathogenic E. coli, and listeria infections. There are far more complication from pharmaceutical drugs ...
Gut Microbes Control Allergic Disorders
An article in Nature Medicine in March of 2012 showed that changes in the commensal microbes in the gut or antibiotic treatment predispose people to systemic allergic diseases. The role of the basophil white blood cell in this process was found to be related to heightened allergic responses in the lung and to elevated levels of IgE antibodies.
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H. Pylori DNA Reduces Inflammation from Colitis
DNA from H. pylori minimizes the effects of colitis in mice with regard to weight loss, GI bleeding, and stool consistency. More than 50% of the world has significant amounts of this microbe in their intestinal tracts. The bug in some settings could be good for us! Radical treatment with triple therapy that includes several antibiotics, ...
H. Pylori Protects Against Intestinal Infections
People who have the ulcer-inducing microbe, H. pylori, may be protected against intestinal infections. While 50% of us harbor this microbe, only a few of us develop problems from it. It has also been shown to protect against the development of asthma. A study published in the December 2011 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases reported ...
H. Pylori: Good or Bad?
Infection with H pylori provides reliable protection against allergy-induced asthma by impairing the production of dendritic cells and triggering the accumulation of regulatory T-cells. Researchers published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation that the dramatic increase in allergic diseases in industrialized countries is linked to ...
Overtreatment of Sinus Infections with Antibiotics
Sinus infections are overtreated with antibiotics. Only about 3% of sinus infections are bacterial�the rest are viral. Antibiotics don't work in viral infections, but they are still too often prescribed.
Preview: Antibiotics and the GI Tract
This is an extensive review of what antibiotics do to the microflora of
the GI tract. Many MDs overuse antibiotics "just to be sure" that a
bacteria may be causing symptoms; this is very dangerous thinking. It is
common knowledge that antibiotics are massively overused in treating
colds, flus, ear infections, etc. Yeast syndromes, ...
Probiotics and Allergies
The role of the digestive health in allergic conditions is not appreciated in mainstream medicine. The mechanism of how this works is explained with particular attention to the normal microbes that reside in the human gut. They direct the immune system to react or not react to what we are exposed to in our environment. The effects of antibiotics ...
Probiotics For Urinary Track Infections
Recent studies document that depletion of vaginal lactobacilli is associated with recurrent urinary tract infections. It was also shown that replenishing these bacteria via vaginal suppositories halved the recurrence rate for infection. We should be turning to the use of vaginal suppositories to treat women with recurrent urinary tract infections ...
Probiotics Reduce Diarrhea Caused by Antibiotics
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Finally, in the May of 2012 issue of JAMA it has come out that probiotics can reduce the risk of devleoping diarrhea caused by antibiotics. Experts in nutrition have known this for several decades! As many as 30% of people taking antibiotics will get diarrhea. The use of probiotics in this study showed a 42% lower risk of developing ...
Probiotics vs Antibiotics
Probiotic means for life and antibiotic means against life. Antibiotics unfortunately destroy the vast majority of microbes that live in the GI tract. We depend on these microbes for digestion, absorption, and good health.
Probiotics, Diarrhea, and S. Boulardii
When we use antibiotics we destroy the microbial ecosystem in the gut that can lead to overgrowth of microbes that can cause yeast overgrowth. S. boulardii is a friendly yeast that crowds out pathogenic yeast that make us sick. Overuse of antibiotics often also leads to superinfections with C. difficile that causes a horrible inflammation ...
Stress, the GI Tract, and Immunity
The effects of stress on immunity has been studied and shows that it even affects the number and types of microbes that can survive in the human GI tract. Probiotics have a lot to do with digestion, synthesis of vitamins such as vitamin K, B5, B6 and biotin, stimulation of immunity, and regulation of immunity. Many scientists consider ...
