“Recurring Yeast Infection”
Why do I suffer from a recurring Candida Infection?
A recurring yeast infection is caused by a particular form of
fungal organism called Candida. There are several kinds of Candida
species, the most common being Candida Albicans. Candida is a
small but normal part of the human body’s collection of
microflora—organisms that live in and on the surface of the
body on a continual basis.
A yeast infection is a type of infection we
call an opportunistic infection, meaning that the Candida
organisms always living on the body wait until conditions are favorable
for their growth. When that happens, the Candida organisms proliferate
and take over parts of the body that healthy organisms normally live.
The end result is a yeast infection.
Yeast organisms often infect the mouth,
the skin, the genital areas and the intestinal tract. This make
sense because these are the areas where the organisms normally
reside. Yeast, however, can infect areas of the body where they
aren’t normally found, such as the blood or the urinary tract.
Recurring yeast infections occur whenever an infection is treated to
a degree where the Candida symptoms disappear, yet, the underlying causes are still allowed to exist.
What are recurrent yeast infections like?
Recurring yeast infections can look differently
depending on where the infection settles. For example, recurrent
thrush usually affects young infants and immuno-suppressed
individuals. If precautions, such as boiling baby bottle nipples or
pacifiers for babies are not done after the first Candida infection,
another infection from the contaminated objects can occur
immediately after treatment.
Those who are immuno-suppressed are
sometimes prescribed anti-fungal lozenges. The problem with
conventional Candida medicine is that it generally does not restore a
healthy body ecology, allowing a recurring yeast infection. Since
Candida is an opportunistic infection, prevention means restoring
any underlying imbalance.
Recurring yeast infections of the
female genital tract are extremely common. Sometimes the underlying
reason behind the recurrences is one of the conditions, like
diabetes, that have already been described.
Sometimes, however, a
vaginal yeast infection recurs because of re-infection of the
vaginal tract by the male penis during sex. Men can be colonized and
have no symptoms whatsoever. This means that it is sometimes
important to treat both sexual problems simultaneously to prevent
recurrences.
Skin infections involving Candida species can
become a recurring yeast infection whenever the conditions leading
to the infection do not change. Candida proliferates in the warm,
moist areas of the skin beneath the breasts or between skin folds.
If those with recurring yeast infections of the skin do not keep the
affected areas clean and dry, even after the infection is treated,
recurrences are likely.
Perhaps the most severe form of a
recurring yeast infection is that which affects the bowels. Candida
organisms coexist in small numbers with large numbers of symbiotic,
healthy bacteria in the large bowel at all times.
Under any
circumstance that favors Candida growth, the organism can
proliferate in the large bowel, resulting in inflammation, a
localized bowel infection and systemic effects on the rest of the
body that occur whenever Candida dominates the bowel
flora.
Candida, when dominant in the large bowel, causes the
lining of the bowel to become “leaky”, resulting in the influx of
indigestible food particles, Candida toxins and other toxins into
the bloodstream.
An individual with an intestinal Candida overgrowth
has three primary problems facing them:
- This condition can mimic several other conditions and can underlie medical
problems like fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome.
- The diagnosis of Candida overgrowth of the bowel by clinical testing is
extremely difficult. Even stool cultures for Candida may not identify the
condition.
- Candida overgrowth in the colon may not affect the bowel function but,
instead, provide a reservoir for recurring yeast infections in other body
areas, especially in the urogenital tract.
How can I prevent a recurring yeast infection?
Keeping yeast infections to a minimum involves
first controlling the underlying factors that favor Candida
proliferation in the first place. Sometimes this is possible and, in
other situations, one must deal with the fact that there are
underlying factors that must be taken into account.
Recurring yeast infections are a result of
several factors, hence the term multi-factorial. Staying with a
low sugar diet, thorough hand washing and keeping the skin clean
and dry are all general ways of preventing recurrent infections.
For long term health there is only one way to go. Develop a
healthy life style and support your body in strengthening your
immune system, eliminating any underlying imbalances. The natural
consequence is vibrant health and vitality.
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