Guest guest Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 >>>> Hi all my severe non verbal 7yr old has to have a tooth extracted under sedation, I am told he will have to have antibiotics, seeing as I blame antibiotics for all his gut problems I was wondering how I can protect him from further gut damage other than giving him his probiotics as usual, Well, probiotics are good and that is the usual 'fix' for preventing antibiotics from trashing the gut. Besides that, you might want to stay steady with enzymes for meals and increase proteases between meals. This will help the antibiotic be more effective as well as strengthen the body while it fights an infection. Some recommend antioxidants at these times for the same reasons: vitamins A, C, and/or E. Extra proteases after the extraction should help the tissue heal faster and reduce pain. At my house, I also increase magnesium to help a little with pain and relaxing (because I know we run 'deficient' and magnesium is effective for us). >>>>Also he will be restarting Nystatin soon and again wondering if that will kill off the the good bacteria in the probiotics. I haven't heard this reported. I think it only targets yeast, but it might affect probiotics in some way. Anyone know this??? . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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