Calcium may be a solution to C. Difficile infection
However, they theorize that this factor may also be the solution. Clostridium Difficile is the bacteria we are talking about.
In new research, scientists have found that a dangerous bacteria capable of causing serious intestinal infections is caused by too much calcium in the environment. However, they theorize that this factor may also be the solution. Clostridium Difficile is the bacteria we are talking about. It has been found to mainly affect elderly patients living in nursing homes or those who have been confined to hospitals for a long period of time. The most prone patients are those on treatments with broad-spectrum antibiotics, since these weaken the immune system. Among the discomforts caused by this bacteria, the least harmful is diarrhea. The most dangerous are colitis and inflammation of the colon, which in some cases can be fatal. The laboratory at the University of Michigan Medicine in conjunction with the FDA,** found that excess calcium causes C. Difficile to germinate. The reason why many of the patients mentioned above are more prone is that certain medications and supplements release excess calcium. In addition, many of them have low levels of vitamin D or their system cannot absorb calcium due to other ailments. **The bacteria can find these excesses and germinate without problems. ** The interesting thing is that scientists suggest that, instead of reducing excess calcium levels, they should increase. **The abundance of calcium is expected to activate all the dormant spores of C. Difficile, making them much easier to suppress using antibiotics. This can also disrupt the transmission and contamination process. ** Even so, it is recommended that no action be taken until more research is completed.
