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KK-ENFARM1 Writing a response to a health-related question

Is diarrhea a normal side effect of antibiotics and is there any way to treat it? - Sharon Dear Sharon, Unfortunately, antibiotics tend to cause diarrhea. Diarrhea is a commonly known side effect of antibiotics. About one third of people suffer from diarrhea when taking antibiotics. Diarrhea may start within a few days after starting antibiotic treatment. Generally, antibiotic associated diarrhea passes by itself as long as you remember hydration and rest. Usually, human intestines contain billions of good bacteria. These bacteria are organized into a delicate balance state. Antibiotics kill the bad bacteria from the body, but unfortunately, good bacteria are also killed with antibiotics. This death of good bacteria interrupts the delicate balance of intestinal bacteria. Due to the interrupt state of bacterial balance, bad bacteria are reproduced and are too dominant. One example of this is the bacterium clostridium difficile, which is the most common cause of antibiotic associated diarrhea. This unwanted antibiotic associated diarrhea can be prevented by eating probiotics. Probiotics are live bacteria that are thought to balance the abdominal and intestinal microbial strains. Probiotics are often called lactic acid bacteria, but they can only be counted as probiotics if their health promoting effect can be proven. Taking probiotics should be started at the same time with antibiotics to prevent antibiotic associated diarrhea. Eating probiotics reduces the risk of diarrhea to half. Probiotics are taken one tablet a day. There should be two hours between taking the antibiotic and the probiotic, so that probiotics would be beneficial. After the end of the antibiotic treatment, probiotics should be continued for a few weeks. I would recommend asking the pharmacist for suggestions when applying for antibiotics, which probiotic would suit best for you. If you want to know more about this, then you can find more information on the following pages: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1123310/ https://health.clevelandclinic.org/how-to-prevent-diarrhea-while-you-take-antibiotics/ Best regards, Pharmacy student...