Baby has diarrhea after drinking probiotics

The baby's gastrointestinal system is in a very fragile state because their stomach and intestines are in a gradual growth process. Therefore, when eating, parents must pay attention to these things to see if the baby's stomach and intestines can adapt. In order to achieve an effective balance of the flora in the baby's stomach and intestines, many parents will feed their babies some probiotics. However, some parents find that their babies have diarrhea after eating probiotics. What's going on?

What happens if my baby has diarrhea after taking probiotics?

The use of probiotics in intestinal diseases

Probiotics are products that mimic the normal intestinal flora of breastfed infants, including bifidobacteria and lactobacilli. Probiotic seeds extracted from the feces of healthy breastfed infants may mutate after industrial incubation, so each industrially produced probiotic has some names, such as Bifidobacterium lactis BB12, Lactobacillus rhamnosus LGG, etc. Probiotic preparations should contain live bacteria.

Bacterial or fungal preparations that are not produced to simulate the normal intestinal flora of breastfed babies can also help intestinal health to a certain extent, but their effects are relatively limited. For example, some of them can only be called microecological preparations after being used with antibiotics. Microecological preparations are different from probiotic preparations. Probiotic preparations are not only beneficial to intestinal absorption and digestion, but also stimulate systemic immunity by stimulating immune cells in the intestines.

Since there are immune cells in the intestinal mucosa, the activators of these cells are normal bacteria in the intestine, including bifidobacteria, lactobacilli, etc. Therefore, real probiotics will regulate systemic immunity by stimulating intestinal immune cells while adjusting intestinal function. This is why breast milk should be the first thing a newborn baby eats. Because breastfeeding is a bacterial process, it is beneficial to the establishment of normal intestinal flora.

During the recovery period of diarrhea, it is impossible for the stool to return to normal immediately, and the indigestible stool often lasts for a few days. For this purpose, probiotics can play a great role. Probiotics can not only protect the intestinal mucosa by adjusting the intestinal flora, but also eliminate harmful bacteria in the intestines, and help the digestion and absorption of nutrients. Therefore, it is recommended to continue taking probiotics for 1 to 2 weeks after diarrhea.