DO YOU KNOW THAT AN UNBALANCED MICROBIOTA

IS CALLED A DYSBIOSIS?

In Greek, the word bios means "living" A significant change in the relative proportions
and the prefix dys- means "bad". of the major microbial families.

Dysbiosis can be defined as a change in the composition

and functions of the microbiota of each individual.

Fight against pathogens, metabolize and Microbial communities that The microbiota’s composition
secrete molecules, interact with the immune live in a specific environment is specific to each person.
system and other organs. of the body.

1 How dysbiosis affects the microbiota? 2 What are the main causes of dysbiosis?
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3 What are the repercussions of an unbalanced microbiota on health?

intestinal dysbiosis digestive, respiratory skin urogenital ENT

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antibiotic-associated diarrhea, gastroenteritis, allergies, asthma,etc. acne, atopic vaginosis, candidosis, tooth decay, ear/sinus
Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, dermatitis, etc. urinary tract infections, etc. infections, etc.
diabetes, obesity, etc.

4 How to restore an unbalanced microbiota?

prebiotics probiotics fermented food healthy diet Faecal Microbiota other microbiota
Transplantation (FMT) transplantation
for the gut microbiota, others are being studied
in cases of Clostridioides on an experimental basis,
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References on the website cutaneous microbiota
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