Biofilm are communities of bacteria that form in many places in the body including the lumen of the gut where bacteria transition from a free forming and moving organism into joining a community of bacteria living in a unit called biofilm.
Biofilms are most acknowledged in dentistry as the purpose of flossing is largely to disrupt biofilm. Also, they are of grave concern in medicine as biofilms often form to the detriment of the host on implants, tubes, and catheters.
The significance of biofilm is generally around the concept that bacteria and other organisms (i.e. Yeast) in a biofilm generally evade the immune system and can resist antibiotics.
In this episodes we speak about how biofilm appears in the body, how it is tested, what conditions are most effected by it, and what to do to treat it.
About our guest:
About Dr. Berman: Dr. Deanna Berman is a licensed Naturopathic Physician and a certified Midwife practicing in Vermont. She is a graduate of Bastyr University, a four-year, post-graduate, medical school just outside of Seattle. She has a special interest and advanced training in Interstitial Cystitis, Chronic Urinary Tract Infections, and Lyme Disease.
Her website is www.drdeannaberman.com
Her Instagram handle is @drdeannberman
She also has Facebook Group called UTI recovery
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