YEAST INFECTION – SYMPTOMS, CAUSES AND TREATMENTS

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. QUESTION:
   Candida or systemic yeast infections: why do doctors act like yeast infections all throughout the body aren't?
   possible?

   If you have experienced yeast / candida infections in other parts of your body can you please tell me what you did to eliminate it. A natural diet I assume.
   Where in my question did I say doctors are wrong?

   evirusthelaye: Just to let you know, If you are the only one that answers I would rather delete my question then have you chosen as best answer.
   WHY DO YOU ASSUME IT HAPPENED TO ME AND I HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THIS FROM A NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR??

   Here is the TRUTH since you like to go on assumptions. I at least ASK questions as part of the way I SEEK the to find the truth. a woman I know who was hiking / camping all over Australia, Hawaii and New Zealand came home to have her doctor give her this diagnosis- she did not define if he was a naturopath or a regular doctor. He gave her some pills or meds to take - I did not see them - and she told me about it. She said "did you know you can get a yeast infection throughout your body?" I said NO I did not know. Then I went to try and find info about it on the web. I could only find advertising info to buy products and ONE that was NOT selling anything. Seemed he was genuinely trying to help people and he gave them ways on how to "cure" it themselves by modification of diet and acidolpholis / bifidus.
   Your answers are based on assumptions. And I am the "idiot" questioner??? You can email me if you want to continue this since this is not a chat format.
   This I do KNOW yeast needs sugar to "grow"

   use your assumptions on THAT!
   Every industry INCLUDING medical / pharmaceutical are a money making industry and they need your money to continue and it has grown to a money making scheme - hence the insurance industry is booming. I know the HEALTH industry is a money making scheme also. However, there is truth in some of those industries also.

   God gave us this earth and in it can provide for our life and also for cures. Not in a bottle, not in a scheme. Those that are greedy and selfish try to find ways to make you pay for it.

   YES, diet does matter. You have been INSTRUCTED about what you should eat and what you should not for optimal health. If HE has given you life here HE has provided for your life HERE.

   • ANSWER:
     What Evirustheslaye and Skep said.

     Systemic yeast infections are only seen in severely inmmunosuppressed people and you would require hospital care if you have such an infection. The alties want you to believe you have yeast everywhere in your body so you will buy their cleanses and detoxes- the amusing thing is, even if you did have a systemic yeast infection, the crap they tell you to take won't help anyway !

     Such an infection s possible but is very rare and there is no reason for people to routinely believe they have such infections.

2. QUESTION:
   Can an untreated vaginal yeast infection lead to a systemic yeast infection?
   I'm getting scared..I left a yeast infection untreated for a long time and only getting it sorted out now...I have a couple of other symptoms of systemic infection too but only about three or four and some of them, like fatigue and muscle aches might just be something different as I don't get them often.
   Please help, I'm scared! Going to the doctor next week but I just want to know if it's possible if an untreated vaginal infection leads to a systemic infection?!

   • ANSWER:
     Systematic yeast is caused by severe immune disorders like HIV. It isn't caused by leaving a yeast infection untreated. I'm pretty sure your fine, if your still concerned, have your doctor test you for systematic yeast.

3. QUESTION:
   What are homeopathic remedies for systemic yeast infection?
   I saw a program with a checklist for systemic yeast infection. I answered "yes" to nearly every question! I already know about yogurt and probiotics. What other things I should be incorporating?
   This is NOT for specific treatment of a vaginal yeast infection, rather an overgrowth of fungus throughout the body. Instead of "homeopathic" maybe I should have specified "natural" remedies instead -- such as certain foods, vitamins, or supplements to use.
   Thanks for all the suggestions so far!

   • ANSWER:
     This stuff. 98% kill of Candida Albicans. Triple blind placebo study completed in 1998 and found on Pubmed.org
     http://www.microbiologybytes.com/video/Candida.html
     Proof that Candida takes two forms and can become systemic.

     http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7727934020345992708&q=candida+albicans+video&total=22&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=3 What feeds candida and what starves candida.

     What I did. http://www.glycoscience.org is real. Dr. Hudson Freeze used "Mannose" to help improve his genetic patients which is found in aloe and this company has as well. He was angered by the fact that one of his patients dropped out to take this complex from glycoscience web site and as a result, he has been on a campaign to put down the company that sells it because he wants to market glyconutrients. However, he has no patent and Oxford University has taken down his slamming article against the company that sells it, because he is proven wrong.

     In the interum, there is a triple blind pacebo study conducted by Doris Lefkowitz PhD who approves of medical dictionaries and this study shows that glyconutrient complex has a 98% kill of Candida Albicans... The mannose alone, has a 45% kill.

     Kalos, from your other answer tried to report me to Yahoo as a solicitation and once they saw my answer was helpful they restored my points and my answer.

     If you ever see Kalos Orisates answers again, feel free to report him if he calls osteopaths and chiropractors who have earned their degrees and have healed countless people in a non toxic manner quacks.

     This yahoo forum is to be of people of quality and its time for people to take charge and report those who slam natural healing to the extent that it is actually harming people, because side affects of OTC drugs is blindness and liver damage.

     It is the body, with the proper nutritional tools that are missing in the modern diet that can cure itself. Once your cells recognize the fungus, it eliminates it on its own safely with no side affects from drugs.

4. QUESTION:
   Is there a treatment or cure (quick) for systemic yeast infections(candida)?
   What will a doctor do for you? How can a person control the night time sweats and other symptoms until treatment is available?
   This would be the digestive type infection?

   • ANSWER:
     don't take advice from people on here....for that type of yeast infection you should probably only take advice from your doctor. But on a better note...you'll be fine. For now stay away from yeasty type foods...take a cold shower before bed...and seek treatment as soon as you can. Good luck goodlookin'

5. QUESTION:
   Anyone ever dealt with a Systemic Yeast Infection?
   What symptoms did you experience? How can you find out for sure if that's what it is, and what's the best way to get rid of it?

   • ANSWER:
     bgroves, Candida albicans is a fungal (YEAST) organism that is present in everyone’s intestinal tract. It is normally kept under control by the immune system and by beneficial intestinal bacteria. This balance is upset when these bacteria are destroyed (typically by antibiotics), or when our immune function is impaired.

     Once that balance is upset, Candida begins to proliferate and invade and colonize our body tissues. It most commonly appears as a vaginal yeast infection or as oral thrush. But Candida albicans can also spread inside the body and become a systemic problem.

     Systemic candidiasis can be divided into 2 primary syndromes: candidemia and disseminated candidiasis (organ infection by Candida species). Deep organ infections due to Candida species are generally observed as part of the disseminated candidiasis syndromes and may involve one or more organs.

     Candidemia
     Candida species are currently the fourth most commonly isolated organism in blood cultures, and Candida infection is generally considered a nosocomial infection. The patient's history commonly reveals the following:
     Several days of fever that is unresponsive to broad-spectrum antimicrobials; frequently the only marker of infection
     Prolonged intravenous catheterization
     A history of several key risk factors (see Pathophysiology)
     Possibly associated with multiorgan infection
     Physical examination results may include the following:
     Fever
     Macronodular skin lesions (approximately 10%)
     Candidal endophthalmitis (approximately 10-28%)
     Occasionally, septic shock (hypotension, tachycardia, tachypnea)
     Other causes of candidemia without invasive disease include the following:
     Intravascular catheter-related candidiasis: This entity usually responds promptly to catheter removal and antifungal treatment.
     Suppurative thrombophlebitis: This is associated with prolonged central venous catheterization. Suppurative thrombophlebitis manifests as fever and persistent candidemia despite appropriate antifungal therapy and catheter removal. Sepsis and septic shock may develop.
     Endocarditis: The frequency of endocarditis has recently increased. Candida species, primarily C albicans and Candida parapsilosis (>60% of cases), are the most common cause of fungal endocarditis. The aortic and mitral valves are most commonly involved. The endocarditis may be exogenous (due to direct inoculation during surgery) or endogenous (due to hematogenous dissemination during bloodstream invasion. Candida endocarditis is associated with 4 main risk factors, including intravenous heroin use (frequently associated with C parapsilosis infection), chemotherapy, prosthetic valves (approximately 50%), and prolonged use of central venous catheters. The physical examination reveals a broad range of manifestations, including fever unresponsive to antimicrobials, hypotension, shock, new or changing murmurs, and large septic emboli to major organs, a characteristic of fungal endocarditis.
     Disseminated candidiasis: This is frequently associated with multiple deep organ infections or may involve single organ infection. Unfortunately, blood cultures are negative in up to 40-60% of patients with disseminated candidiasis. The history of a patient with presumptive disseminated candidiasis reveals a fever unresponsive to broad-spectrum antimicrobials and negative results from blood culture. Physical examination reveals fever (may be the only symptom) with an unknown source and associated sepsis and septic shock.

     Successful therapy for serious systemic Candida infections requires initiation of antifungal therapy as early as possible, as soon as adequate culture results are obtained.

     Different classes of antifungals are now available to manage any type of candidal infection. Azoles, fluconazole in particular,22 have become the mainstay of therapy over the past few years. These include topical and systemic agents. Posaconazole is the most recent addition to this group of antifungals. Polyenes include amphotericin B, liposomal amphotericin B formulations, and topical nystatin. Allylamines include terbinafine, which is formulated in a topical preparation and an oral tablet. The newest group of antifungals is echinocandins, including caspofungin, micafungin, and anidulafungin. Because of the excellent clinical efficacy of echinocandins, low incidence of adverse events, good safety profile, and ease of use, these agents may revolutionize the management of candidal infections in the near future.