Physicians prescribe antibiotics most often to fix the illness faster and want to be seen as expert in their respective fields. But when antibiotics enter the human body system, they start to destroy all living microorganisms at random. These drugs are incapable of deciphering the 'good' bacteria from the 'bad' bacteria and they can produce the worst results eventually, for example it can cause 'gastrointestinal disturbances' or 'florid loose motions'. If physicians prescribe probiotics along with antibiotics, such untoward results can be evaded.
Popping antibiotic pills is very common among patients at large. Physicians know very well of the side effects of these fatal pills. Still, they are to prescribe them for curing their patients more quickly. Perhaps, patients may not also want to wait for longer period to get well. However, general medicines can also help them to come round in a course of time. But, a habit for quick fixing of illness has grown among patients and physicians equally, and getting out of this bad habit is completely an incurable disease. However, when changing a habit is quite impossible, an alternative way-out needs to be found out. Probiotics therapy seems to be the best alternative to check the side effects of antibiotics. The side effects of antibiotics can be significantly minimized if probiotics therapy is recommended in writing in the prescription by the honorable physicians.
What Probiotics are:
'Probiotics' are the live microorganisms. They are considered to be good and benevolent to the host organisms. Antibiotics enter the gastrointestinal system and start killing bad organisms and good organisms indiscriminately. On the contrary, Probiotics guard the good organisms against the brutal killings.
Though the society has not got any pharmaceutical probiotic pills as such till to date, it has got lots of natural probiotics. Fermented milk, curd, Kimchee, pickles, miso soup and many such home-made foods are deemed to be the best examples of natural probiotics, besides the Yakult of OTC range. Some vitamin potions which contain vitamin-C to a large extent can also be taken with the course of antibiotics therapy. But, in all cases, physicians' recommendation in writing is necessary.
Role of Probiotics:
All of these probiotic food items have those microorganisms and they are effective for preserving natural health. Unlike antibiotics which can't identify the good bacteria and the bad bacteria and kill both of them indiscriminately in the gut, probiotic foods can defend the good bacteria from being killed. They always protect the beneficial microorganisms in the intestine, and they can play down the negative impact of antibiotics to a great extent. They care for the body and guard it from invading organisms. Let's know the usefulness of probiotics therapy in brief.
i) They help to retain natural health and normal body functioning.
ii) They help to minimize side effects of antibiotics therapy.
iii) They help the good or benign bacteria to survive from getting indiscriminate influences of antibiotics therapy.
iv) They help to improve body immunity power.
v) They help to prevent diarrhea from occurring during a course of antibiotic.
While antibiotics are responsible for diarrhea or florid loose motion, probiotics can be helpful for guarding the body system from them. So, if probiotic foods are taken along the course of antibiotics, they can help to break down the food for digestion. They can also help to produce lactase enzyme, nutrients and vitamins in the intestine. They will even change acidic environment for baneful bacteria. Children are especially very prone to such aftereffects of antibiotics. As a result, they start to lose body immunity power and grow a degenerative system. So, whenever a child is on a course of antibiotic, make sure that the child is undergoing the Probiotics therapy. A probiotics therapy is equally important for elderly persons. But, patients need to consult their physicians and insist them on prescribing such probiotics therapy along with any antibiotics therapy.
A course of antibiotics can affect normal functioning of a human body system. All the same, the necessity of antibiotics therapy for treating a disease can't be ruled out altogether. But, probiotics therapy can be continued side by side in order to lessen the side effects of antibiotics.
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