Question

3. Under what conditions supplementation with probiotics might be recommended? Do you think that probiotic use may be rejected because of cost? Is there any way to measure probiotic levels in the large intestine to determine if supplementation is necessary?

Answer 1

3. Probiotics are the live microorganism, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host.

# examples of probiotics are :-

1) lactobacillus

2) Bifdobacterium species

# Conditions under which supplementation with probiotics are recommended are :-

- Dysbacteriosis

- Impaired immunity

- Allergy

- Constipation

- Diarrhoea

- After using antibiotic therapy

- Gastritis ,ulcer ,colitis , enterocolitis

- Intestinal infection

- Irritable bowel syndrome

- Helminthiases

- Bronchitis , pharyngitis ,bronchial asthma

- ARVI

# Probiotics are expensive to use . Yes ,I think that probiotic use may be rejected because of cost and mostly many of the patients who have the Medicare and Medicaid insurance have access to the probiotics because the money gets reimbursed .