Hilak forte for children: instructions for use

The natural intestinal bacterial flora can be disrupted by antibiotics, changes in diet, climate change, and other factors. This happens especially in childhood, when the digestive system is still forming and maturing. To normalize the state of microflora, doctors can prescribe medications from the group of probiotics. They are represented by beneficial bacteria that colonize the intestines and suppress harmful microbes.

However, there are other means that can influence the composition of the microflora, which are called prebiotics. One of them is “Hilak Forte”. If he was prescribed to a child, parents are interested in how this drug affects the digestive tract, how to give it correctly, in what doses the medicine is allowed for children and if it can not harm the children's body.

Hilak Forte is produced in Germany in the form of drops, which are sold either in dark glass bottles or in portion sachets. The volume of the drug in one bottle is 30 ml or 100 ml. This package has a dropper tube that allows you to accurately dose the medication. One milliliter of medication contains about 25-30 drops.

The volume of solution in one sachet is 1.1 or 2.2 ml, and there are 30 sachets in one box. The solution itself can be either transparent or slightly cloudy. It has a yellowish-brown hue, and the smell is caramel-like, sourish or cherry.

The basis of the droplets are aqueous substrates containing lactose and metabolic products Four types of beneficial bacteria:

1. Escherichia coli;
2. Lactobacillus helveticus;
3. Lactobacillus acidophilus;
4. Enterococcus faecalis.

Such substrates are called bezarodyshevymi, because they lack the bacterial cells themselves, but there are only products that are produced by these microorganisms in the process of their normal life. They are represented mainly by fatty acids with short chains and lactic acid.

In addition, citric and phosphoric acids, as well as sodium phosphate heptahydrate, potassium sorbate, water and dipotassium phosphate are added to the solution. The composition of the drug with a cherry flavor also has flavors (cherry and cream) and sweeteners (cyclamate and saccharinate sodium).

Given the therapeutic effect of drops on the human body, "Hilak Forte" refers to anti-diarrhea. Once in the intestine, the components of the solution establish and maintain a certain acidity, thereby stimulating the growth of beneficial bacteria and inhibit pathogens, as well as promote better absorption of water and salts.

Reception "Hilak forte" has the following effect:

• regulates the condition of the intestinal microflora, contributing to the normalization of its composition;
• restores the normal acidity of the digestive tract;
• helps to normalize the processes of synthesis of vitamin K and B vitamins;
• stimulates regeneration processes in case of damage to the intestinal epithelium due to infection and other factors;
• restores the balance of water and electrolytes in the intestinal lumen;
• increases local immunity;
• speeds up the excretion of harmful bacteria (for example, Salmonella).

In addition, the components of the drops are not destroyed in the stomach and under the influence of digestive enzymes that can affect the effectiveness of probiotic treatment.

"Hilak forte" can be assigned to a child in such cases:

• If a small patient changed the state of the physiological intestinal microflora due to treatment with sulfa drugs or antibiotics, as well as after radiation therapy. Manifestations of dysbiosis are not only violations of the chair, but also regurgitation, skin rashes, sleep changes, insufficient weight gain and other symptoms.
• If a child has diarrhea, flatulence, constipation, or other symptoms of dyspepsia caused by changes in diet. Such changes are new products in the menu (for example, when a child is just getting acquainted with complementary foods), switching to feeding with a mixture, disrupting the usual mode of eating, eating dry food, excessively fatty foods, and so on.

• If the baby caused dyspepsia climate change. The drug has shown its effectiveness in the treatment of diarrhea, which is called traveler's diarrhea. This problem occurs due to the use of unusual products, infection with Giardia or other parasites, stress, time zone changes and other factors. In addition to loose stools, the patient has pain, nausea, flatulence and other unpleasant symptoms.
• If the doctor has diagnosed gastroenteritis in a small patient or colitis caused by harmful bacteria - Salmonella, E. coli, Shigella and others. "Hilak forte" can also be prescribed for rotavirus infection and candidiasis.
• If the child suffers from allergic skin diseases for example, from urticaria or atopic dermatitis. With these problems, the drug will enhance the body's immune defense, as it stimulates the immune system. In addition, the drops preserve and restore the physiological function of the intestinal mucous membranes.

• If a the acidity of the gastric juice in a child is reducedthat is called a hypoacid or anacid state. In such a situation, Hilak Forte helps due to lactic acid and its buffer salts present in the solution.
• If the patient is identified liver or gallbladder disease, caused by bending or bending of ducts, gallstones and other changes in the biliary tract.

"Hilak forte" in bottles can be used in children from birth. This medicine is prescribed for both babies up to one year old and older patients. Thanks to the liquid form, it is very simple to give medicine even to a tiny baby.

The instructions for the drops indicate only one contraindication in which children should not be given "Hilak forte" - this is hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients of the drug. For any other illness, drinking this medicine is allowed. Sweet cherry drops do not contain sugar, so they can be administered to children with diabetes.

Tolerability of the drug is considered good, but in rare cases, Hilak Forte can cause intolerance reactions. They show a skin rash, hives or itching, and some children develop constipation or diarrhea after taking the medicine. No other side effects were observed during the treatment. If a child has some kind of negative reaction, you must inform your doctor.

Drops should be given to the baby before meals or during feedings.They can be diluted with water or other liquid (compote, juice, tea), but you cannot mix Hilak Forte with milk. Shake the bottle before use.

Typically, the doctor prescribes a three-time medication in a single dose:

1. if the medication is prescribed to an infant of the first year of life, then it is given from 15 to 30 drops at a time;
2. older children are given at a time from 20 to 40 droplets, and if sachets are used, then a single dose will be 1 sachet (1.1-2.2 ml).

As soon as the condition of the little patient improves, the dosage can be reduced by half. How long to take "Hilak Forte", you need to check with the doctor, because it depends on the problem, because of which such a drug was prescribed. In some situations, the course of treatment can be long and last for several months.

If you accidentally give the child more drops, or the baby, by carelessness, drinks the bottle left unattended, such an overdose does not pose a danger to children's health and does not require any emergency measures. It is enough to observe the child and, in case of ailments, show him to the attending physician.

It is not necessary to combine Hilak Forte and antacids, since with such a combination, the lactic acid in the droplets will be neutralized, which will affect the effectiveness of the therapy.

To buy "Hilak forte" in a pharmacy, you do not need to take a doctor's prescription, but a specialist's examination is recommended. For a bottle of 30 ml drops you need to pay about 230-250 rubles, and the average price of a 100-milliliter bottle is 450-500 rubles.

The shelf life of the drops in the vial, if it has not yet been opened, is 4 years. After the first use of the drug is permissible to store no more than 6 weeks. If 1.5 months have passed since the autopsy, the medicine should be discarded, even if the solution is not fully used. Shelf life sachet - 2 years.

The drug can be stored without a refrigerator, but at a temperature not higher than +25 degrees. To preserve all the properties of a medicine, it is worth keeping it in a dry place. In addition, it is recommended to place the drops where small children cannot reach them.

Over 80% of drug reviews are positive. In them, Hilak Forte is called an effective remedy that helps with diarrhea of ​​various origins, vomiting and other discomfort symptoms from the gastrointestinal tract.

The advantages of "Hilak Forte" also include the possibility of use in infants. As for the minuses, they often include the short shelf life of the opened vial and the high price of the drug during long-term treatment (sometimes they are looking for cheaper analogues).

Also, moms do not like the fact that the agent should not be mixed with milk, which makes it difficult to give drops to an infant. Many people call the taste and smell of drops unpleasant, but side reactions to such a drug are almost never encountered (allergies are extremely rare).

If for some reason it is not possible to use Hilaka Forte, the doctor may recommend another remedy that can affect the composition of the intestinal microflora. Drops can replace:

• «Duphalac». Such a sweet syrup, prescribed to children from birth, contains lactulose and is also a prebiotic, because it can stimulate the growth of lacto-and bifidobacteria, suppressing the vital activity of pathogenic flora.However, unlike Hilak Forte, this remedy has a laxative effect, therefore it is often used for constipation.
• "Linex". This preparation is represented by capsules, but especially for children it is also available in the form of powder, packed in portioned sachets. In the children's form, only bifidobacteria are present, and in the capsules they are supplemented by two more types of beneficial microorganisms. The drug is safe even for newborns and infants. It is in demand for dysbiosis, poisoning, colic, dyspepsia, after treatment with antibiotics, changing the mixture or in other situations.

• «Baktisubtil». Such capsules, inside of which are Bacillus cereus, have antidiarrheal effect, therefore, are often prescribed for salmonellosis, rotavirus and other intestinal infections. The instructions for the drug noted that "Baktusubtil" is used from 7 years of age, but the doctor can prescribe it and younger patients by changing the method of use (in this case, the capsule is opened and give only powder).
• "Bifiform Baby". This solution contains a mixture of thermophilic streptococci and bifidobacteria. It is used from birth for dysbacteriosis, gastroenteritis, lack of lactase, intestinal infection and other indications. For older children they produce sachets with powder “Bifiform Baby” (prescribed at 1 year), capsules “Bifiform” (allowed from 2 years of age) and tablets with orange-raspberry flavor “Bifiform Kids” (they can be chewed for patients over 3 years old) . They have a slightly different composition, but the same principle of action.
• "Lactobacterin". Such a probiotic based on Lactobacillus acidophilus is safe for children of any age and is most often prescribed in a lyophilisate, from which a suspension is prepared before use. The tool helps with acute infectious lesions of the intestine, as well as in demand for atopic dermatitis, dysbiosis and chronic constipation.

• "Atsipol". The composition of such capsules is represented by a combination of lactobacilli with polysaccharides obtained from kefir fungus.

Full instructions on the use of this drug are contained in the following video.