When a child begins diarrhea, any mom immediately see a doctor for advice and very many scare the word written in the diagnosis of dysbiosis. This is due to the fact that very few people know reliably about this pathology of the digestive organs, how the disease manifests itself, what symptoms children have in developing it and what consequences can be expected. Dr. Komarovsky, like many other specialists, admits - this pathology can not be called an independent disease, but this does not mean that it should be ignored.
This disease is recognized as secondary, therefore, a properly conducted diagnosis and adequate therapy of the dysfunction occurring in the intestine is necessary. This will provide an opportunity to determine in a timely manner the causes that led to its occurrence and rid of many unpleasant symptoms that are manifestations of dysbiosis in children.
In children of different age groups, the signs of this pathology have slight differences. Therefore, it is worthwhile to understand them in order to understand the changes in the functional activity of the child's organism and how to determine that this is the development of dysbacteriosis, and not some other disease similar in symptomatology.
How to determine a child's dysbacteriosis?
It is unmistakable, without conducting appropriate studies, to recognize this pathology quite difficult, because the symptoms of dysbiosis in children are similar to many other pathological disorders in the organs of the digestive tract. According to the recognized pediatrician Dr. Komarovsky, parents should understand the following:
- Many factors can influence the changes in the composition and properties of the microflora of the digestive system in children;
- Also this pathology that develops in the intestines is accompanied by a variety of diseases, since it is always a consequence;
- If children have only symptoms of dysbiosis, this can not affect the cause of its occurrence, and thus rid the child of the appearance of repeated unpleasant symptoms.
And most importantly, one can understand from the words of Dr. Komarovsky: this pathology is not a primary disease, therefore it does not have its own manifestations. Also, there are no complaints from patients that would specifically point to this disease. Treat children should not dysbiosis, but similar in symptoms to its original cause, that is, the disease that provoked persistent dysfunction of the baby's intestines. But this will be possible only after the child, having applied for help with signs of dysfunction of the digestive organs, will undergo a diagnosis, consisting in the examination of feces for the presence of pathogenic bacteria.
How is dysbiosis manifested in children?
The main symptom at any age is diarrhea. But in the case when the patient is a newborn, it is quite difficult to rely on it to determine the disease, because the stool of the baby is not formed. Therefore, it is worth paying attention to other physiological phenomena associated with bowel dysfunction in children of any age:
- Pain in the form of colic in the abdomen, usually after eating, bloating and flatulence;
- Abundant burpiness in infants and nausea, resulting in vomiting, are also a mandatory symptom of intestinal dysbiosis in children. And immediately it is necessary to answer the question of parents about the frequency of vomiting. If a child develops this particular pathology, the urge will be repeated, as in food poisoning. The number of them can reach 10-15 times a day;
- The nature of the stool for a child's dysbacteriosis also changes. By color it becomes greenish, impurities of mucus and foam appear, as well as a sharp unpleasant odor. In addition, among the inclusions of stool, there will be pieces of unboiled food. Also, the older children's stools become frequent, watery and plentiful. This symptom should also become an alarming factor;
- Very often with parents' questions about how dysbiosis is manifested in children, you can hear about whether there is a fever with it? Here any specialist will say that with this disease the temperature can be very high. Increasing the temperature in children with stool and vomiting is the first symptom to say that it is necessary to call a doctor.
Also in young children, there may be an increase in symptoms of dehydration, weight loss and growth retardation, which is characteristic of intestinal dysbiosis as a secondary disease, since this sign is present in many pathologies of the digestive organs.
If you ignore all these disturbing phenomena, do not find the root cause of a functional disorder, and do not start adequate treatment, they will provoke an iron deficiency anemia in the child. Also, a prolonged course of symptoms of dysbiosis in children leads to hypovitaminosis, which is expressed in the dryness of the skin and cracks in it, brittle hair. In addition, the consequence of long-term pathology is rickets. To prevent this from happening, you should listen more closely to the complaints of the child and at the first alarming signs of a developing disorder of the intestine, consult a specialist.
Treatment of symptoms of dysbiosis in children
With timely access to the doctor and confirming that the baby is developing this secondary, always associated with another disease pathology, doctors face two primary tasks. The first will be the release of the child from severe manifestations of the disease, and the second - to find the root cause as soon as possible in order to prevent their further occurrence.
First of all, when searching for the root cause, the specialist always refers to the "predecessors", that is, those diseases that exist in the anamnesis, and also to the way he was treated. Many children undergo treatment of a previous disease with antibiotics and do not prevent dysbacteriosis. This will be the initial cause of the manifestation of the corresponding symptoms.
Further actions of parents should consist in providing ill children with rational nutrition, which will contain a sufficient amount of fiber. This will help in the normalization of the intestinal microflora and, accordingly, the speedy disposal of the symptoms accompanying dysbacteriosis. But he does not advise giving preference to medicines. It is best in this disease, after consulting a specialist, to use the recipes of traditional medicine, which are well proven when getting rid of such signs of dysbiosis in children, like temperature, stool and vomiting.
Prevention of the emergence of symptoms of dysbiosis in children
All measures to prevent the appearance of symptoms in children dysbiosis should begin before his birth. They consist in ensuring that the future mother closely follows the condition of the microflora of the vagina. After the baby was born, you need a timely start of breastfeeding and the refusal of the woman during lactation from the use of such products, which can affect the change in the intestinal microflora.
Older children should be given dairy products that contain bifidobacteria, and those children who are prone to frequent colds, as a preventive measure, which protects from the manifestation of dysbiosis, probiotics are useful.