09-15-2010, 10:02 AM
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One of the blogs I follow is COOLING INFLAMMATION
This reply to a question in following this blog
Dr. Art Ayers said...
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John,
I don't think that any type of probiotic can fully compensate for antibiotic treatments. Antibiotics are very severe treatments with many residual effects and should not be used on children, except in emergencies. Ear infections are not emergencies. It has been estimated that use of antibiotics for ear infections is responsible for most subsequent visits of children to pediatricians. In other words, pediatricians, perhaps unwittingly, use antibiotics to increase their patient morbidity and expand their practices.
I have three grown daughters. Each has had ear infections and all have been treated with simple treatments for inflammation/swelling. My personal estimation is that even the most severe complication of an ear infection (rupture of the ear drum, which usually resolves without complications), is not as damaging to long term health as the consequences of the casual use of antibiotics.
My point is that the impact of typical conditions that result in pediatric use of antibiotics is minimal, even if untreated, and the consequences of typical use of antibiotics are much more severe and long term.
I think that antibiotics should not be considered unless provision is made for a subsequent replacement of damaged gut flora with a fecal transplant. Use of probiotics is mostly cosmetic, and does not repair the loss of hundreds of species of gut bacteria killed by the antibiotics. Many of these species are permanently lost, but are needed for normal immune system function.
Fortunately, the human body and its gut flora are very resilient and can eventually restructure and heal after major trauma, such as surgery or use of antibiotics. In most cases, however, insufficient attention is spent on regaining function and the result is chronic constipation, food intolerances, allergies and autoimmune diseases.
I make these strong statements for clarity, because most people, including physicians use antibiotics casually, as they do major abdominal surgery, e.g. Caesarian sections. There is a great deal that can be done with diet to reduce the impact of antibiotics. Please read my other articles.
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