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Dysbiosis
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Changes in gut microbiota composition cause dysbiosis. Dysbiosis can happen due to antibiotics, infections, or drugs. The microbiota often returns to a healthy state, possibly with help from the immune system. However, if dysbiosis occurs repeatedly and the microbiota strays too far from health, interventions are needed to restore balance.
Imbalances within the gut microbial community structure that correlate with unfavorable inflammatory responses are increasingly recognized as being involved in disease processes and increasing frailty that affect many organ systems in the body
Dysbiosis = (taxa imbalance; disruption of the community leading to disruption of the microbe-host relationship)
The caus…
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