Posts Tagged ‘Antibiotics’
Retrieving the intestinal flora
Antibiotics are very useful medicine that have saved countless lives, but have their drawbacks. They are very effective in killing bacteria but are so powerful that kill all bacteria, including those that are friendly to our body.
In the intestine there are many types of bacteria that are essential for the proper functioning of the intestine. In this population of “good” bacteria is called intestinal flora.
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