The only way to detect the development of a child's pathology, such as dysbacteriosis, which is a secondary disease and occurs in children of each age group due to completely different circumstances, is fecal analysis. This method is necessary because this functional disorder of the intestine proceeds in the same way as any other disease of the digestive tract and does not have its own specific symptoms, therefore it can only be revealed by a laboratory method.
Thanks to him it is possible to determine which bacteria predominate in the intestinal tract of the child, positive, opportunistic or pathogenic. Also, using the analysis of dysbiosis in children, it is possible to assess how sensitive the microorganisms living in the digestive organs are to certain drugs. This, in turn, will help to later determine both the correct treatment regimen for dysbacteriosis and choose the most effective medicines for this.
Children are usually diagnosed with an emerging dysbacteriosis in the following cases: pain and bloating, accompanied by increased flatulence, prolonged constipation or an unbroken diarrhea. Also, this study is necessary after the child, having transferred the infectious disease, underwent a course of antibiotic treatment, which along with pathogenic microbes act depressingly and on positive intestinal microflora. It is necessary to analyze feces and newborns who are at risk for developing dysbiosis or those children who are prone to frequent illnesses.
How to take a feces for a dysbacteriosis?
In order for the results to be reliable, several rules must be observed during the preparation for the delivery of the biomaterial:
- Before collecting the stool for analysis on dysbiosis, children should eat a few days correctly, without consuming sour and spicy food;
- The biomaterial required for the study is collected in a special container, sold in pharmacies;
- The material for analysis of dysbacteriosis is forbidden to take from the toilet. Children should be emptied into the pot, which was previously washed with hot water. This condition is necessary to ensure that extraneous bacteria in the environment do not get into the prepared stool;
- The children study material from 3-4 different places with a special spoon in the container. In the event that in the stool there are inclusions of blood or mucus, they must necessarily be placed in a container, since they need more careful examination;
- The chair for analysis for dysbiosis to children should in no case be induced by artificial means, laxatives or enemas. Only a natural process is needed.
Only in the case when the delivered material is collected correctly, the results of the study will be reliable. It is also necessary to remember that the feces taken from children for analysis on dysbacteriosis should be delivered to the laboratory in the shortest possible time, no later than 2 hours after the fence. This is a necessary condition, since most of the microorganisms that live in the intestine are anaerobic, that is, they are able to live only in an environment where there is no oxygen, and in the air die very quickly. If to stretch with the delivery of material to the place of research, the results obtained will have large errors.
What tests for a dysbacteriosis exist?
Both in adults and in children the analysis for dysbiosis is carried out by 2 methods - bacteriological, which is classical, and biochemical.
The most informative among the methods of stool research is biochemical. In addition, it is less time consuming and faster. With the help of this method, you can determine to identify the department of digestive organs, where an imbalance of microflora has appeared. The advantage of this study in addition to the ability to accurately confirm the presence of imbalance in the intestinal microflora is the speed of the exercise. The results using this express method are ready in an hour.
Bacteriological analysis of dysbacteriosis makes it possible to calculate how many different bacteria and microorganisms are in the sample taken. In order to do this, the children's excrement is sown on a nutrient medium that is prepared in advance, and is kept for about 5 days, allowing them to grow. After this, the colonies of bacteria are counted, which have grown and conduct a study of each under a microscope. Then, in order to find out how many colonies there are per gram of biological material, calculations are made according to a certain method.
In the case when there are difficulties in diagnosis, a study is conducted on the dysbiosis in children with coprogram. This method is necessary in those cases when there are any abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract. Thanks to it, it is possible not only to reveal latent bleeding in the digestive organs, but also to determine the function of assimilation of nutrients and microelements in the intestine, to determine the inadequacy of digestive enzymes and bile.
The coprogram, which is a general analysis, in addition to the children's disposition to dysbacteriosis, allows to determine the presence of inflammatory processes in the intestine of the child, the enzymatic activity and the degree of digestibility of food. Since dysbacteriosis is just a symptom of another disease that develops in the digestive organs, after carrying out a coprogram it is possible to identify abnormalities that have become a prerequisite for its development.
The interpretation of the results of the analysis of stool for dysbiosis in children should be performed only by a specialist, as simple comparison of the result obtained and the norm of complete information can not give, because each child is unique. Since the disorders inherent in this pathology are not immediately apparent, the doctor conducts the research comprehensively, several times and with a small amount of material.