What is yeast infection?
Candidiasis or thrush is a fungal infection (mycosis) of any of the Candida species, of which Candida albicans is the most common. Million of men and women all over the world suffer from yeast infection at some times in their life. Though harmless, yeast infection is misery – itching, discharge, burning and strong smell when passing water.
Doctor Roger Anderson say that Candida lives harmlessly on the skin, in the mouth, gut and vagina and is normally kept under control by harmless bacteria. But sometimes conditions change and the yeast increases rapidly, causing symptoms of discharge and irritation. The fungus can also affect the skin and is typically found in skin folds, under women’s breasts, in the groin, on the genitals and in the area around the anal orifice.
The most common types of yeast infections are mouth yeast infection, skin yeast infections, male, and vaginal yeast infections and systemic (which affect the whole body).
What are the causes?
Yeast infection can occur for many reasons: antibiotics, menstruation, sperm, birth control, weaken immune system and of course all the chemical added to our food, beauty products and household products. Wearing tight clothing or synthetic underwear or bad hygiene can aggravate the problem because the fungus thrives on warm moist areas. Other causes can be allergic reactions or menopause.
What are the symptoms?
- skin rash or eczema
- Excessive mucus in the nose throat and lungs leading to blocked nose sneezing and shortness of breath Painful joints and muscles.
- Anal itching, recurring oral and vaginal thrush
- burning when passing water and smelly discharge
- Painful sex
- Chronic tiredness and depression
- Craving for bread and sweets
- Extreme mood swings
- Bloated feeling and passing gas
- Chronic fungal infections such as jock itch or athlete’s foot and nail fungus (yellow crumbly nails mainly on feet)
- Severe migraine like headaches and insomnia
And many other symptoms
What treatment do you chose?
Many treatment prescribed by doctors for specific symptoms can work for a while, but the infection generally comes back within a few months. That is why many sufferers look for alternative treatments
Consulting a GP first is always advisable to rule out any serious diseases that might be causing similar symptoms. If you are given the all clear, take a look at your diet and your life style. Smoking, stress, the pill, antibiotics and other medication could be the culprits. If you think you have Yeast infection you should avoid the following:
- Refined sugars
- Processed food
- Alcohol
- Food containing yeast: cheese, tomato paste, mushroom, beer, bread, pasta and any nutritional yeast
- Gluten: wheat, rye and barley
- All food made from vinegar such a pickle, mustard, Worcester sauce.
- Most dairy products.</li
- Fresh meat and fish
- Yogurt (internally and externally)
- Fresh vegetables and fresh fruits.
- Olive oil
- nuts and seeds. Sunflower seeds are highly recommended
- Garlic
- Cranberry
- Water
A healthy lifestyle and a good diet will certainly help the condition. Patients,l turn to Holistic Medicine, rather than Conventional Medicine in the treatment of Yeast infection, because Alternative Medicine treats the underlying cause, not the symptoms Dr Carrez, well known phytotherapist propose a herbal remedy which is extremely efficient. Leigh Hunter both a health researcher, creator of webdoctorarticles.com, has developed a four step program to help the body overcome the infection on its own. Others advocate multivitamins, garlic, yogurt and acidophilus (Acidophilus is a probiotic. It is basically a bacterial culture that is essential for keeping your mucosal system from the mouth right down to the anus healthy.)
Dr Jon Cat explain that:
Conventional Western medicine is organized around the Theory of Diseases, which believes that a person becomes sick because he or she contracts a disease. In this model, each disease is seen as an independent entity which can be fully understood without regard to the person it afflicts or the environment in which it occurs. Conventional treatments are treatments of diseases, not of people. Most of the drugs employed in conventional medicine are designed to act as chemical strait jackets, preventing the cells of the body from performing some function that has become hyperactive. The side effects of these drugs are a direct extension of their actions and may be fatal. A Harvard research team concluded that 180,000 Americans are killed in hospitals by their doctors every year.(1) Most of these deaths occur because doctors prescribe drugs without paying attention to the special characteristics of the person for whom the drugs are prescribedAlternative systems of healing supply a perspective that can help to reverse the “one size fits all” philosophy of conventional medical practice. All alternative systems of healing, ancient or modern, share one common characteristic which separates them from conventional Western medicine. They all approach sickness as a dynamic event in the life of an individual, a problem of balance and relationship, the result of disharmony between the sick person and his or her environment. This approach to understanding illness is called biographical.
In the biographical concept of illness, the “disease” itself has no independent reality. The healer’s job is not to identify and treat the disease entity, but to characterize the disharmony of each particular case, so that they can be corrected. These disharmonies are described differently in different cultures.
The language which describes them may be magical or naturalistic, but the diagnostic and therapeutic focus is always on the person who is ill and the context in which the illness occurs, rather than on the disease itself.
But beware; there is some Good and some Very Bad advice on the Internet. Some internet remedies recommend using Boric acid. This toxic substance is a poison and has caused deaths. It has no place in anyone’s home much less inside you!
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