Small Bowel Obstruction
In Taipei, Taiwan, there has been a study to determine that patients that have a partial bowel obstruction, may improve after taking oral laxatives along with acidophilus and simethicone. This was carried out by the National Taiwan University Hospital and the National Taiwan University, College of Medicine.
According to the specialists, small bowel obstruction can usually be managed in a more conservative way using IV hydration without food or water. "Previous studies have suggested that this approach is associated with longer hospital stays and increased risk of delayed surgery", as stated by Shyr-Chyr Chen, MD, who is from the National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine in Taipei, and colleagues.
There were 144 consecutive patients with adhesive partial small bowel obstruction. They were admitted in between February 2000 to July 2001. 128 of them met the inclusion criteria and were randomly sent to either the intervention group where they used the IV hydration, nasogastric (NG) - tube decompression, and oral therapy with magnesium oxide, simethicone and Lactobacillus acidophilus and nothing by mouth (IV hydration, NG-tube decompression, and nothing by mouth). The other group was a controlled group that was treated with just the IV and NG.
The patients were mostly men ranging in age in the 50's in both groups. 91% of the patients that were in the Intervention group and 76% of he patients in the control group all avoided surgery through this successful treatment for small bowel obstruction.
As it appears through the studies shown here, that acidophilus has some very positive side effects, especially when it comes to small bowel obstruction. Acidophilus is such a simple but yet, very powerful bacterium that can found inside our bodies. There are good bacteria as well as bad bacteria in our bodies, the good are called probiotics and one of them is the bacterium known as acidophilus.
It basically is used to help rid our body of unwanted bacteria and help us to regain our health. It is also used to prevent vaginal yeast infections, mouth yeast infections as well as urinary tract infections as well as many others. This along with hydration can help to prevent a small bowel obstruction from every happening.
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