Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease With A Probiotic

[News Reporter]

Scientists have been unclear for some time about how most probiotics work. A new study has found a scientific 'design' for a probiotic that could be used to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), such as Crohn's disease. The research by academics at the University of Bristol's School of Veterinary Sciences and the School of Clinical Medicine is published online in the journal PLoS ONE. Most probiotics on the market, such as Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, are lactic acid bacteria...

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[flowergirl]

funny. probiotics make me worse. my body doesn't like foreign bacteria. it actually makes me more inflamed.

 

[Crohn's 35]

Yeah I have been on probiotics too many different kinds. It can help control diahreah but everyone should be using probiotics...I just always forget to take them .

 

[mizgarnet]

It takes a few weeks on probiotics. The beginning can be difficult. As the "bad" bugs die off, it will increase gas, bloating, and can cause flu-like symptoms.

Wendy

 

[QueenGothel]

Is there a such thing as too much or not enough? Giving my DD a danactive yogurt smoothy daily l.casei immunitas and lbulgaricus s.thermophilus... Should I give her the powered form also or switch her to just the powered with colustrum? She is 3.5 years old.

 

[flowergirl]

i used to take acidophilus everyday, pre-crohn's. then i flared. now i can even do 2 spoonfulls of yogurt. i was on high doses for months. everything just got worse. way past time for a herxheimer effect.