Antibiotics Ruined My Gut | A Childhood Health Story
In this personal narrative, Mona Sharma recounts her experience of being prescribed antibiotics frequently—between one and five times each year—from the age of three until about twelve or thirteen. She attributes this high exposure to recurring tonsillitis and strep throat. During that period, she did not receive probiotic supplementation, aside from occasional yogurt, and reflects that such constant antibiotic use likely devastated her gut microbiome, leaving it severely compromised.
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