Probiotics for children

Are there any moms who do not dream of having a loved one healthy and less sick? But, despite the full strength of my mother's desire, the children's well-being, unfortunately, sometimes worsens. Most often in children there are diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and ARVI. In the latter case, sometimes hardening and homeopathic drugs is not enough. To date, more and more often ode to probiotics, which praise their miraculous power. Not all mothers understand the principle of the action of children's probiotics and, accordingly, can not assess their benefits.

Probiotics - preparations for children

Probiotics are living microorganisms that live in the intestine of a healthy person. These include bacteria and yeast fungi. But probiotics also refer to products and medicines containing bacterial strains grown naturally. Why do they need a man?

In general, babies are born with a sterile intestine, that is, there are no bacteria at all. By means of breast milk, the digestive tract is populated with a variety of beneficial bacteria. So the intestinal microflora is formed. But there are also pathogenic microbes. Therefore, in the first three to four months of life, while a normal balance of bacteria is established in the intestine, the baby may develop a dysbacteriosis. This is the name of a condition in which a decrease in the number of beneficial bacteria is observed. Dysbacteriosis manifests itself in the appearance of diarrhea, bloating, increased gas formation and pain. That is why probiotics for newborns are so necessary to protect the body from pathogens and establish a biological balance in the intestine.

In addition, the reception of probiotics after antibiotics for children is shown, as the latter destroy not only pathogenic, but also useful microorganisms. To ensure that the treatment does not turn into a dysbacteriosis, therapy with probiotics is prescribed. By the way, the use of probiotics is also in strengthening the defenses of the body. As soon as a child enters a new collective (in kindergarten, school), his body is populated with microbes of children, with whom he closely communicates. The balance of his own microflora is disturbed, and the baby begins to suffer from acute respiratory infections, intestinal infections. Regular reception of probiotics strengthens immunity, and then the child less often "picks up" viral diseases.

Also, treatment with probiotics of intestinal infections manifested by diarrhea, vomiting, bloating and gas formation is widely used.

How to take probiotics?

Three types of probiotics are divided: containing lactobacilli, bifidobacteria or gram-positive cocci. The last view is used extremely rarely. Preparations are available in two forms - dry and liquid. Dry probiotics are made from dried bacteria in the form of tablets, powder, capsules. Liquid form of the drug also includes a nutrient medium for bacteria.

Regarding probiotics, how to choose the right form of a medicine, then everything is quite simple. So, for example, probiotics for infants are released mostly in liquid form. This, for example, biogai or bifiform baby, recommended for children under 1 year.

Such probiotics as bifidumbacterin, lactavit forte, linex, enterojermina are available in the form of capsules and powder and are allowed for older children. So, toddlers under 2 years are prescribed 1 capsule 2-3 times a day. A child of 2 years and older is prescribed 2-3 capsules 2-3 times a day.

Take a probiotic one hour after eating. To drink a dose of the drug was easier, it can be diluted with a small amount of water.