Prevention and treatment of Staphylococcus aureus in infants
Around danger!
Problems can begin already in the hospital. It is important to put the baby to the breast correctly, to express the breast. If milk comes very strongly, it is rational to drink fluids, to process nipples, to use pads, if cracks already appear, because the cracks are the entrance gate for germs.
If a woman in the puerperium has inflammatory changes in the uterus, doctors must prescribe antibiotics, which will receive a healthy baby through the milk. If for moms antibiotics are sometimes vital, then they will lead to the death of a full-fledged microflora, which colonizes the intestine after birth. This will cause intestinal dysbiosis.
Most often, through the cracked nipples in breast milk gets a golden stafilokkok - dangerous for young children. With each serving of breast milk the child will receive this harmful microbe. And if you do not have time to wash your hands and handle the nipples before feeding, then this can be another source of staphylococcus a child.
Well-tended nipples - the gate for infections
So, quickly flew 3-5 days in the maternity home, and now mother with a baby is already at home. Labor days begin. Well, if there are assistants at least in the first days. If relatives are not around, and the husband on days at work, problems will begin. The reason - the banal lack of time, and moral strength, to care for itself. First of all, it is the stagnation of milk in the chest( lactostasis), while the breast becomes dense, painful, the temperature can rise. It is important to carefully strain the breast and massage. If you can not do this yourself, contact your gynecologist at the clinic, explain the queue that you have a baby and that you need emergency help. The midwife will tell you the milk and tell her how to take care of her breasts.
Cracks of the nipples, lactostasis - contribute to the penetration of golden stafilokoka into breast milk. And with it, with breastfeeding, staphylococcus enters the child's gastrointestinal tract, where it intensively multiplies, releases toxins, causes inflammatory changes in the intestinal wall. Infection is accompanied by the appearance of a rapid liquid stool, sometimes splashing, yellow or yellow-green, with mucus, and then, perhaps, blood streaks. Dysbacteriosis develops: a violation of the quantitative and qualitative composition of the microbial flora of the intestine.
Staphylococcus aureus often lives in the oropharynx or in the nose of the mother and, with constant close contact, first enters the oral cavity of the baby, and then into the intestine. Some mothers lick a baby's pacifier, and then give it to the baby, thinking that their saliva is sterile. In fact, the mother may have chronic tonsillitis, tooth decay, where the golden staphylococcus is well preserved.
Enterojermina
How can you prevent or prevent staphylococcal bowel disease? There are biological preparations with high-grade useful microbes, possessing antagonism in relation to staphylococci. They seem to replace the action of antibiotics, contribute to the rapid recovery of natural intestinal microflora. Such a preparation is primarily "Entererozermina", which has been used for 45 years in Europe. If you study the forums, take an interest in the opinion of specialized doctors, then absolutely natural drug is considered one of the most effective in the recovery of microflora. Side effects are rare, if at all, does not cause allergies( which sometimes lead to lactic acid bacteria), the child's stool quickly improves. Our doctors "Entererozermina" began to be widely used in prevention, in the treatment of lesions with golden staphylococcus, other acute intestinal infections."Good" microorganisms will cope with the sad consequence of infections - dysbiosis in children.
Very convenient is that enterojermine can be used from 3 weeks of age. An important circumstance: it has a liquid form of release in vials, immediately ready for use. A number of similar drugs require delivery directly to the intestine. For this, they are placed in capsules that are insoluble in the stomach. Not every more adult child will swallow the whole capsule. In addition, for babies and children up to 2-3 years, a lower dosage is required. It is necessary to open capsules, give with water. As a result, not all microorganisms, designed to colonize the intestinal microflora, overcome the barrier in the form of gastric juice acid: the effectiveness of such drugs falls. Entererozermina clearly wins in this respect.
The drug is given 1 or 2 times a day, depending on the age. The average course of treatment lasts 10 days. The effectiveness of the drug is noted already on the 2-3 day of admission: the stool becomes thicker, its multiplicity decreases, the child behaves more calmly. It is important to begin reception of enterohermina at occurrence of a pathological chair as soon as possible if the child has already turned 3 weeks old!
From the nuances: after opening the plastic capsule, the liquid is not stored, it must be drunk immediately. There are about three incomplete teaspoons of liquid in the bottle. It is problematic to "feed" the whole dose( not spilling) to children who have one kind of medicine causing hysteria. Capricious baby can be poured enterohermine directly from the vial, cutting off the tip: the plastic container is soft, comfortable elongated shape. Or use specially developed syringes for this case. The taste of the liquid is neutral, but the smell is specific.
Conclusion
The best treatment is to prevent infection! Careful care of the breast, sanitation of the mouth and nose before the birth of a child will reduce the risk of penetration of Staphylococcus aureus into the intestines of the baby. If it was not possible to save babies from penetration of staphylococci, pay attention to the drugs that restore the microflora of infants. There are not so many of them, and "Entererozermina" is one of the best.
