What does the iodophilic flora in the feces of a child say?

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What can the iodophilic flora in the feces of a child mean? What disease does it indicate? Should medications be used for treatment? You can try to figure it out.

What is this flora?

Iodophilic flora in feces appears when the number of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria decreases and they are replaced by a variety of pathogenic or conditionally pathogenic microorganisms:

• yeast cells;
• cocci;
• chopsticks;
• fusiform bacilli;
• Clostridia bacteria.

Clostridia can be introduced into normal cells of the environment or be in the intercellular space. In a "he althy" fecal analysis, such inclusions should not be.

Is it necessary to destroy the iodophilic flora?

Iodophilic flora in a child's stool does not necessarily indicate any serious illness. It is almost impossible to assume its presence in the intestines, despite the fact that the baby has a normal temperature, he eats well, is cheerful, sleeps peacefully. Without taking tests, it is impossible to guess about problems with the intestinal flora.

Individual diarrhea or excessive gas may be due to excess fiber in the diet. If there is no reason to worry, but a stool test was passed, in which the iodophilic flora was found, then we can assume that this is the norm for this baby.

But you need to remember that the flora is conditionally pathogenic, and in favorable conditions for itself (in violation of the food regimen, for example), it can manifest itself.

When is opportunistic flora present in the gut?

Iodophilic flora in the feces of a child can be detected if the diet has changed, and the baby began to receive more carbohydrates. At the same time, the movement of food through the intestines slows down, and fermentation processes may occur. An excess of fruit in the diet in some cases causes putrefactive dyspepsia.

Treatment when introducing new products is not required. Gradually, the right bacteria will populate the intestines, and pathogenic microorganisms will recede.

Children who are naturally weak, have low immunity or have been under the influence of chemotherapy will not be able to cope with the disease on their own. They are prescribed probiotics.

Iodophilic flora in the feces of a child may be present if he has:

• disturbed digestion in the stomach itself or in the upper digestive tract;
• accelerated movement of food through the intestines;
• nutrients are not actively absorbed in the small intestine;
• pancreas pathology available.

Concentrationsuch inclusions can be found within the appendix in its iliac part.

Detection of iodophilic flora

Visually examining the child's feces, it is impossible to identify conditionally pathogenic flora. Iodophilic flora is detected in the coprogram, a special analysis of feces.

In order to get a reliable test result, which the doctor will confidently rely on when making a diagnosis, the feces must be fresh. In yesterday's feces, iodophilic flora cannot be detected due to the property of starch to hydrolyze.

By the way, the flora got its name - iodophilic - precisely because of the reaction to iodine. When staining a laboratory sample with iodine, clostridia are partially stained, cocci, pathogenic bacteria and yeasts become dark blue and black.

What is a coprogram and how is it taken?

Since the iodophilic flora is determined by the coprogram, we should dwell on this analysis in more detail.

This is an objective study that can tell about the work of the digestive system. The child's stool is examined visually and by chemical composition, the presence of bacteria and microorganisms is determined in it.

During the coprogram, feces are visually described for density, structural uniformity and color, examined under a microscope, they are affected by special substances.

Microscopic examination tells about the work of the digestive organs and the secretion of bile. It is informative for the detection of dysbacteriosis and oncologicaldiseases. Only a coprogram can detect hidden blood in the feces. Fermentative or putrefactive dyspepsia, which is caused by iodophilic flora, is also detected using this study.

Iodophilic flora should be fought. The presence of pathogenic microorganisms in the children's intestines can lead to the development of chronic colitis and disruption of the gastrointestinal tract as a whole.