One more evidence to cure our germ-phobia. Viruses and bacteria are everywhere. They are harmless. They are doing their duties. They are helping and participating in the sustenance of the universe.
Problem is with us. Our crimes of not following routine as per changes in age, season and region. Intellectual errors or प्रज्ञाअपराध as known in the world of Ayurveda, is the root cause of our so called bacterial and viral infection.
In case of children, infections are due to normal errors in their growth. As a parent, we must provide them environment where self-healing becomes quick (Fresh Air, boiled water, Rich organic food, stress-free family life, isolation from noisy environment, exposure to mother nature). Lack of such environment leads to critical situations. Be vigil, cure before it becomes critical. Only cure if self-helping.
Research
Viruses flourish in guts of healthy babies
Bacteria aren’t the only nonhuman invaders to colonize the gut shortly after a baby’s birth. Viruses also set up house there, according to new research atWashington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Bacteria aren’t the only nonhuman invaders to colonize the gut shortly after a baby’s birth. Viruses also set up house there
All together, these invisible residents are thought to play important roles in human health.
The study, published online Sept. 14 in Nature Medicine, reports data from eight healthy infants and is one of the first surveys of viruses that reside in the intestine. The investigators analyzed stool samples to track how the babies’ bacterial gut microbiomes and viromes changed over the first two years of life.
The picture that emerged may be worthy of a wildlife documentary: It includes the discovery of viral strains new to science and suggests a dynamic ecosystem of interacting organisms, including predators and their prey.
“We are just beginning to understand the interplay between all the different types of life within our gut,” said senior author Lori R. Holtz, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics. “They are not stand-alone communities. We also are seeing that the environment of the infant gut is extremely dynamic, which differs from the relative stability that has been shown in adults.”
“We were surprised that right from the beginning quite a diversity of viruses was found in the gut,” said Holtz,
The earliest stool samples were taken at 1-4 days of life, and even at this early time point, Holtz noted, viruses were present.
“We were surprised that right from the beginning quite a diversity of viruses was found in the gut,” said Holtz, also a pediatric gastroenterologist who treats patients at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. “It prompts the question — where do these viruses come from? We don’t know yet whether diet, method of the baby’s delivery or other environmental influences play a role.”
