December 7, 2007

How To Know If You Have Candida

Candida is a pervasive health condition that can drain your personal energy and wreck havoc with your moods. Candida albicans is a yeast that normally lives in the body in the inner warm creases and crevices of the digestive tract and in the vaginal tract of women. Under stressful conditions, through the overuse of antibiotics, damage to the intestinal tract or due to immune system depression, C. albicans can overgrow. Yeast cells, particles of yeast cells, and various toxic by-products of yeast metabolism can enter the general circulation and disrupt body processes significantly.The result is chronic candidiasis, leading to a wide range of symptoms affecting almost every system of the body - especially the gastrointestial, genitourinary, endocrine (hormonal), nervous and immune systems. Women are much more likely to experience chronic candida than men due to the effects of estrogen, birth control pills, and a higher number of prescriptions for antibiotics.Since virtually any body system can be affected, chronic candidiasis can trigger a multitude of symptoms. Patients say they feel “sick all over.” Fatigue, allergies, immune system malfunction, depression, chemical sensitivities, and digestive disturbances are just some of the symptoms that suggest candida.Those with chronic candidiasis are typically stuck in a […]

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