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"Probiotics now have been used in many diseases, not only IBS but ... ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease and in both children and adults with lactose intolerance," Othman tells WebMD. "It is a new field, and there is a lot of investigation going on."
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Prevention and treatment of Helicobacter infections is one important potential area for probiotics. Recent experimental and clinical studies indicate the usefulness in other gastrointestinal disorders such as acute and chronic diarrhoea, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
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Specific types of live bacteria - called probiotics - live in the human gut. If you take them in the right amount for and for the right illness, they can fight disease. Probiotics can relieve lactose intolerance, prevent allergies and bladder and vaginal infections. That’s why Dr. Gregor Reid, a professor of microbiology at the University of Western Ontario, is fighting hard to promote them.
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By reducing inflammation, probiotics appear to be useful in treating a variety of gastrointestinal problems including inflammatory bowel disease (such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis), ulcers, and irritable bowel syndrome. Flatulence and non-specific tummy aches can ... be decreased.
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