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Persons who have suffered severe burn injuries are likely to experience changes in the bacterial makeup in their gastrointestinal tract that can have long-term health hazards.
The changes involve the breakdown of the good bacteria that reside in a healthy person’s gastrointestinal tract. The researchers found that when a person suffered a severe burn, there is sometimes a big increase in the number of potentially harmful germs in the gut, and a simultaneous drop in the beneficial bacteria.
What was even more worrying was that the potentially dangerous bacteria included pathogens like E. coli and salmonella that can cause potentially serious infections. The researchers analyzed stool samples of patients who had suffered severe burn injuries, and found that the dangerous germs comprised approximately 32% of the bacterial content in the tracts of patients with severe burn injuries. In patients who had suffered less severe burn injuries, the bad bacteria comprised just 0.5% of the bacterial content.
When there is an imbalance like this, the person may be at risk of suffering a number of conditions including irritable bowel disease, diabetes, obesity and rheumatoid arthritis. In fact, some of the complications arising as a result of the imbalance could possibly be a factor in fatality after severe burn injuries.
The researchers also recommend that burn injury patients be treated with probiotics or beneficial bacteria, that can help restore balance in the gastrointestinal tract, and boost micro biotic health. In fact, they believe that probiotics can also help other patients who have suffered from other types of severe injuries, including traumatic brain injuries.
Severe injuries can have a long-term impact on a person's ability to earn an income. Apart from scarring and long-term disfigurement, a person with burn injuries could also have to deal with joint pain, nerve damage, and other consequences of the burns that may result in economic loss. Speak to a burn injury lawyer in Burbank about filing a claim for compensation after burn injuries.
