Your gut microbiome is made up of trillions of microorganisms that live in the intestinal track. They are mainly composed of bacteria and other genetic material, and support the functioning of many systems within the body.
Gut microbiome plays a huge part in your digestive system, helping the body to digest food and absorb nutrients. They also play a key role in other processes such as regulating metabolism, determining body weight, regulation of the immune system, and functions of the brain and mood.
Every person has a unique composition of gut bacteria that is influenced by many different lifestyle and genetic factors. A lot of aspects that affect gut health are pre-determined and difficult to change such as how you were born, how you grew up, and any stressful events or illnesses that have been lived through. However, gut microbiome can be more easily modified through controllable factors including environment and diet.
Changes made in your gut microbiome can have an effect on skin conditions. There is a strong link between the gut microbiome and skin, contributing to conditions such as acne, psoriasis, rosacea, and eczema. For example, the way your gut reacts to your diet can trigger an inflammatory response throughout the body that triggers eczema, acne, or other conditions to flare up. Probiotics, which are healthy bacteria that are good for the gut, also have shown signs of improving symptoms of patients with eczema.
A healthy gut provides a barrier between the intestinal tract and rest of the body, however it can become inflamed when irritants such as alcohol, allergens, antibiotics, food additives, or preservatives are ingested. When the gut becomes irritated, the body’s immune system will respond, which often leads to skin flare ups. Additionally when the gut is irritated, it could potentially loss its barrier functions and let additional bacteria, substances and other gut microorganisms to enter and cause more inflammation.
When the body is under systemic inflammation and stress, the skin stops producing the natural antimicrobial proteins that form the protective barrier of the skin. With a weakened skin barrier, skin infections and diseases will get worse. Minimizing gut irritation and keep health gut microbiome are essential to help your body maintain a strong skin barrier. Interestingly, skin also functions as a barrier. For eczema sufferers, when the skin barrier is compromised, it also makes the body more prone to allergic reactions.
Human body is a complex system, to stay healthy requires individuals to not only look at their skincare routines, minimize the contact with potential irritants that could damage the skin, but also analyze the aspects of their diet and the life style for healthy skin and body.
Microbiome ya matumbo yako ni ya mamilioni ya viumbe wadogo wanaoishi katika njia ya matumbo. Wao ni hasa linaundwa na bakteria na nyenzo nyingine za urithi, na kusaidia utendaji wa mifumo mingi ndani ya mwili. Microbiome ya utumbo huchangia sana mfumo wa kumeng'enya chakula, na kusaidia mwili kuweza kumeng'enya chakula na kuingiza virutubisho. Pia hutimiza fungu muhimu katika mchakato mwingine kama vile kudhibiti kimetaboliki, kuamua uzito wa mwili, kudhibiti mfumo wa kinga, na kazi za ubongo na hisia. Kila mtu ana bakteria ya kipekee ya matumbo ambayo huathiriwa na tabia nyingi tofauti za maisha na mambo ya urithi. Mambo mengi yanayoathiri afya ya matumbo ni ya awali na ni vigumu kubadilisha kama vile jinsi ulivyozaliwa, jinsi ulivyokua, na matukio yoyote ya mkazo au magonjwa ambayo umepitia. Hata hivyo, microbiome ya matumbo inaweza kubadilishwa kwa urahisi zaidi kupitia mambo yanayoweza kudhibitiwa ikiwa ni pamoja na mazingira na lishe. Mabadiliko katika microbiome ya matumbo yanaweza kuathiri hali ya ngozi. Kuna uhusiano mkubwa kati ya microbiome ya matumbo na ngozi, na huchangia hali kama vile acne, psoriasis, rosacea, na eczema. Kwa mfano, jinsi tumbo lako linavyoitikia chakula unachokula inaweza kusababisha uvimbe katika mwili wote, na kusababisha ugonjwa wa kichefuchefu, ugonjwa wa kuvu, au magonjwa mengine. Probiotics, ambayo ni bakteria nzuri kwa utumbo, pia imeonyesha dalili za kuboresha dalili za wagonjwa wa eczema. Matumbo yenye afya hutoa kizuizi kati ya mfumo wa matumbo na sehemu nyingine za mwili, hata hivyo inaweza kuwaka moto wakati wa kuumwa kwa vitu vinavyosababisha uchungu kama vile pombe, allergens, antibiotics, vyakula vya kuongeza, au preservatives. Mkojo unapokasirishwa, mfumo wa kinga wa mwili utaitikia, na mara nyingi hilo husababisha ngozi kuwaka. Kwa kuongezea, wakati utumbo unapokasirika, unaweza kupoteza kazi zake za kizuizi na kuruhusu bakteria, vitu na viumbe vingine vya utumbo kuingia na kusababisha uvimbe zaidi. Wakati mwili uko chini ya uvimbe wa mfumo na mkazo, ngozi huacha kutengeneza protini za asili za antimicrobial ambazo huunda kizuizi cha kinga cha ngozi. Kwa sababu ya ngozi iliyo dhaifu, maambukizo na magonjwa ya ngozi yatakuwa mabaya zaidi. Kupunguza uchochezi wa matumbo na kudumisha afya ya microbiome ya matumbo ni muhimu kusaidia mwili wako kudumisha kizuizi cha ngozi chenye nguvu. Jambo la kupendeza ni kwamba ngozi pia hufanya kazi ya kuzuia. Kwa wale walio na eczema, wakati kizuizi cha ngozi kinapoharibika, mwili huwa na uwezekano mkubwa wa kuwa na mzio. Mwili wa binadamu ni mfumo tata, kukaa na afya inahitaji watu si tu kuangalia rutini zao ngozi huduma, kupunguza mawasiliano na uwezekano wa irritants ambayo inaweza kuharibu ngozi, lakini pia kuchambua mambo ya lishe yao na mtindo wa maisha kwa ajili ya ngozi na mwili afya.