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DHave you ever taken a broad spectrum
antibiotic for a period of time? Did you take birth control pills? Were you
on prednisone or a similar steroid? Does your body tend to swell with the
heat, and are the symptoms worse on damp, muggy days or in moldy places?
Does your stomach get distended and uncomfortable after eating fruit or any
sugar ladened food? Do you have constant gas pains and or severe gas? Do you
have rectal itching? Brain-Fog? Discolored patches of skin? Fungus on your
finger or toenails? Do have a constant sinus headache or have you been
diagnosed with sinusitis?
There are millions of people with the above symptoms and more, who cannot
figure out what is wrong with them or what to do about it. If any of the
above rings true for you then you may be suffering from a yeast overgrowth
in your intestinal tract , that has been referred to as Candida Albicans,
Candida, a systemic yeast or fungal infection.
Candida is a pathogen, caused by a fungus that develops as a result of an
over growth of yeast in the body. Candida can cause a wide variety of
symptoms in generally healthy people to life-threatening systemic infections
in individuals with impaired immunity. It may be the cause of almost all
cases of the most frequently reported chronic diseases and conditions.
The problem with Candida is that it is an amazingly opportunistic and
adaptive organism. All it needs for Candida to invade your gut is for
something to kill off the normal flora; the bacteria that aids digestion and
protects the gut from yeast.
Once the flora are damaged, yeast will invade. In ideal circumstances,
Candida can double in quantity every half hour, so it takes very little time
for it to populate a damaged intestine.
Once in the gut, candida creates an environment that prevents the normal
flora from repopulating. The lack of flora causes mal-digestion of certain
sugars, carbohydrates, minerals and trace nutrients and leaves food to rot
in the gut, creating an ideal environment for the Candida.
Taking yeast medication like Diflucan or Nystatin temporarily relieve
symptoms, but unless measures are taken to correct whatever caused Candida
in the first place and to repopulate the gut with friendly bacteria, the
yeast will simply grow back, hence reports that using Dyflucan or Nystatin
to help alleviate symptoms, the effect at best, is usually only temporary.
Once the yeast has overgrown the gut, malnutrition will result, in the form
of vitamin and trace nutrient deficiencies. In addition, the constant
presence of a pathogen will stimulate the immune system twenty-four, seven,
times three hundred and sixty five days a week; eventually causing immune
deficiency and severe fatigue.
Candida can manage to hide (sometimes for years) in parts of the body where
traditional therapies don’t always reach, in our joints, for example and the
deep folds of the intestines. It thrives on the foods that are a large part
of the typical American diet, which in addition alters intestinal pH
unfavorably. Stress contributes to its proliferation, as does refined sugar.
And because of its adaptability, it can be easily transmitted from person to
person in a family. Mothers can pass it to their children through breast
feeding, or through the birth canal, and of course, through intimate contact
with their partners.
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It is important to find a qualified health care practioner that has had
experience in treating people who have had Candida
Candida can be taken care of through a special diet , proper treatment and
supplementation with herbs and or homeopathic remedies
The symptoms mentioned in this article are all related to Candida. With
proper care it can be remedied once and for all., and you can return to a
normal diet without the bothersome and sometimes debilitating side effects
of the abnormal over growth of yeast known as Candida
Dr.ANNALEE KITAY,D.C. sees people with Candida as well as other chronic and
unusual conditions. Dr. Kitay can be contacted in Florida at 954-481-8511 or
1888-456-0065 or through her website. www.drkitay.com
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