Dysbiosis Treatment

What is Dysbiosis?

Treatment of Dysbiosis: The majority of the intestines are made up of beneficial bacteria (FLORA), whereas there may be a small amount of pathogenic bacteria that do not impair our functions. Dysbiosis is the INCREASED presence of microorganisms, i.e. pathogenic bacteria, in the intestines.

WHAT DOES DYSBIOSIS CAUSE?

Dysbiosis causes impairment in all body functions, including those of the intestines. It may lead to many diseases, including:

• Leaky gut syndrome
• Triggering Crohn’s disease
• Triggering ulcerative colitis
• Food allergies
• OBESITY
• Frequent intestinal infection
• IBS
• Spastic colitis
• Rapid aging
• Autoimmune diseases (Psoriasis, Vitiligo, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Fibromyalgia, Gout, etc.)

HOW DOES DYSBIOSIS DEVELOP?

• Frequent and intensive use of antibiotics
• Immunosuppressive therapies (steroids etc.)
• Chemotherapy
• Radiotherapy
• Nutritional disorders
• Nutritional deficiencies
• Pesticides (agrochemicals)
• Aging
• Industrial nutrition etc

HOW IS DYSBIOSIS DIAGNOSED?

Dysbiosis is diagnosed by microbial analysis of the feces (stool).

WHAT IS THE TREATMENT FOR DYSBIOSIS?

The most important treatment for dysbiosis is prevention. Avoiding factors with the potential to cause dysbiosis is important. A natural and balanced diet helps to keep you safe. It is essential to eat a diet rich in fiber (vegetables, fruits). During treatment, it is important to exclude processed foods and sugar from the diet. Taking probiotics may also be effective.

The treatment of dysbiosis mostly relies on antibiotics and antifungal drugs. The treatment is usually based on long-term, i.e. 2 to 4 weeks, use of high doses of multiple antibiotics. However, prolonged use of antibiotics destroys not only the pathogenic bacteria but also our flora bacteria (beneficial microbes).

The treatment of dysbiosis mostly relies on antibiotics and antifungal drugs. The treatment is usually based on long-term, i.e. 2 to 4 weeks, use of high doses of multiple antibiotics. However, prolonged use of antibiotics destroys not only the pathogenic bacteria but also our flora bacteria (beneficial microbes).

FLORA TRANSPLANT provides an average of 85 to 95% success in the treatment of dysbiosis and has a permanent effect.

WHAT IS FLORA?

Certain parts of the human body are inhabited by microorganisms which peacefully live with us, do not harm us, contribute to the vital functions of the region in which they live, cause health problems when not present, whose functions cannot be compensated in any other way, which constantly renew themselves, whose diversity increases under favorable living conditions, and whose number and biodiversity decrease in some unfavorable conditions. Their generic name is FLORA.

What is at stake is the flora of the digestive tract. The digestive system refers to the tract from the mouth to the anus. The digestive system is home to members of the flora throughout the mouth, throat, larynx, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine, with unique functions at each site. Those are specific to the site they occupy and cannot inhabit or live in other sites.

The number of flora bacteria identified in the human digestive tract to date is 1054. Flora diversity is among the most important factors affecting quality of life.

HOW MANY TYPES OF FLORA BACTERIA DO HUMANS HARBOR IN THE ENTIRE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM?

The most important factor in this is the environmental conditions.  Whereas the diversity of flora in those living in large metropolitan areas is as low as 50-60, this figure tends to increase in rural areas. In Turkey, people on average have a flora diversity of around 100 to 110 species throughout the entire digestive tract.

A high level of biodiversity of the digestive tract flora is directly proportional to a healthy, high quality and long life. Our flora members have diverse functions and are therefore indispensable for our health.

WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF FLORA? WHY DOES IT MATTER TO US?

Each part of our body has its own flora, which are the most crucial structures that fight against pathogens coming from outside. In cases where the flora of a given site is reduced, destroyed or extinct, the site gets invaded by pathogenic microorganisms. The flora of the digestive tract is of critical importance in the formation of a gel-like secretion called mucus, which coats the entire lining of the digestive tract, in the site they inhabit. In the absence of mucus, what we eat and drink as well as all the secretions of the digestive system come into direct contact with the surface of the digestive system (mucosa) and cause erosion in the parts they come into contact with. The flora is indispensable for the acid-base balance, enzymatic function, synthesis function and digestive activities of the site they inhabit. Without flora, these functions get impaired. Any disruption of the flora in any given site not only disrupts the function of that site, but also causes disruptions in the functions ahead and behind it.

IS THE FLORA OF EVERY HUMAN BEING THE SAME?

No. Each human being’s flora is influenced by numerous factors. Like a fingerprint, each person has their own flora.

The process of acquiring flora starts from the moment we are born and lasts a lifetime. The diversity of flora may increase or decrease due to various factors such as infancy, childhood, adolescence, fertility, pregnancy, breastfeeding, stresses, treatments, diseases, nutrition, etc. Yet, in all people, the period between the ages of 20 and 30 is when the flora is at its highest quality and diversity. The biodiversity of flora decreases with aging and predisposes to many diseases.

WHAT HAPPENS WITHOUT FLORA?

It is impossible to live without flora.

WHAT IS A FLORA TRANSPLANT?

Flora transplantation is the process consisting of collecting flora samples from at least one healthy FLORA DONOR under general anesthesia through endoscopy and colonoscopy from approximately 30 different anatomical regions of the digestive system, with each region being washed with serums suitable for its own characteristics and aspirated back, subjecting these samples to some series of specific procedures, and then transplanting them endoscopically and colonoscopically to the equivalent anatomical regions of the patient under general anesthesia.

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