The recommended use of probiotics treat gastrointestinal diseases😈😈😈

There are many products content probiotics in the supermarket. You can easy to buy products to supplement probiotics. Those products always claim that is good for both people with/without gastrointestinal diseases.

Probiotics are active microorganisms that can produce health benefits when consumed in sufficient quantities. As an effective method to change the intestinal microbes, probiotics are used more and more widely in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases.

Although there were a large number of studies on probiotics in various gastrointestinal diseases, the microbial strains, route of administration, doses and research methods of studies were various. 

In order to provide clear and reasonable guidance for the proper use of probiotics in specific gastrointestinal diseases, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has proposed some recommendations for the role of probiotics in the management of gastrointestinal diseases.

Here is the summary of the recommendations:

1. The AGA guidelines recommended that probiotics be used to patients with ulcerative colitis, Clostridium difficile infection and Crohn's disease, or symptomatic patients with irritable bowel syndrome only in clinical trials.

2. It is recommended to use probiotics to prevent C. difficile infection of the patients taking antibiotics. (Low quality of evidence)

3. Advise patients with pouchitis to use a combination of probiotics. (Very low quality of evidence)

4. Premature low birth weight infants with necrotizing enterocolitis are recommended to use a combination of probiotics. (Medium to high quality of evidence)

5. Probiotics are not recommended for North American children with acute transmissible gastroenteritis.

More high-quality clinical trials are needed to provide supporting in the use of probiotics to treat gastrointestinal diseases.

For more detail, click on the link below👇

https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(20)34729-6/fulltext