A positive candida saliva test should be followed up by an appointment with your doctor. Let your doctor determine what course of candida treatment you need to get better, at the soonest possible time.
Candida Diagnosis and Treatment
There are too many symptoms to diagnose Candida as your specific problem, many symptoms such as indigestion and bloating can also be attributed to many other diseases and problems. Gluten intolerance and Coeliacs disease have almost identical symptoms as Candida, depending on where your Candida has spread.
This means you need to be tested by a doctor to be sure, however many doctors disregard Candida as a cause and don’t test for it, even though it is just now becoming more recognized as one of the biggest underlying causes for many health problems.
Historically Candida tests have been inacurate, as mostly everyone has some trace of Candida present in their bodies. However recently more accurate diagnosis has been developed.
A doctor will generally begin with a careful screening of symptoms, before testing to see if the Candida Albicans present is of the dangerous variety, and if it has become overgrown.
The doctor can undertake several kinds of tests with varying effectiveness, ranging from a simple scrapping, tongue swab, stool sample or blood test. The most effective is the blood test, but is generally only used in hospitals.
There is however a simple home test you can do that will tell you if you probably have Candida, it is not certain but pretty close. When you first wake up in the morning before you do anything else with your mouth, work up some saliva and spit it into a clear clean glass of water, then wait for up to half an hour, if in that time you see any strings coming down from your saliva, or the water turned cloudy, or if your saliva sank to the bottom, you most probably have Candida, healthy saliva will sit on the top.
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Candida treatment may include avoiding foods that are known to encourage yeast growth that fuel yeast infection. Processed foods should also be avoided as much as possible. Here is a great article that lists what we should do.
How Do You Know If You Have Candida
Candida overgrowth has been found to be a frequent complication or even a causative factor in many of today’s illnesses. Treatment is available but diagnosis has to come first.
Yeast is normally found in the mouth, throat, intestines and genitourinary tract. Its presence in the body is not normally problematic and is balanced by a well-functioning immune system and friendly bacteria. If the immune system ceases to function properly, or the level of friendly bacteria in the body becomes too low – as can happen when too many antibiotics are introduced to the body, when steroids are used, when everyday stress becomes overwhelming or with poor diet choices – then Candida overgrowth may occur.
Someone with an overgrowth of yeast can experience any number of unpleasant symptoms such as a genital yeast infection, thrush in the mouth, fatigue, skin rash, depression and anxiety. The symptoms of Candida overgrowth are frequently treated with anti-fungal remedies. Even with these remedies, however, if your diet is not changed to create an environment within the body to prohibit the overgrowth of Candida, relief is sure to be temporary, and problem symptoms will return.
As Candida is a normal component of the body’s natural flora, using conventional laboratory testing to determine the need for treatment isn’t always helpful, and generally can only help to diagnose the late stages of a yeast infection.
Current methodologies for testing include checking for the presence of yeast cells in the urine, saliva and stool, or the gut fermentation test which involves testing the blood for alcohol, dosing the patient with sugar and testing their blood again – if alcohol shows up in their blood it is assumed it has occurred from fermentation from the yeast in their gut.
It is also difficult to diagnose Candida overgrowth for a number of reasons. It shares symptoms with other conditions such as gluten intolerance and hypothyroid – and any combination of these can be present simultaneously, adding to the difficulty of diagnosis.
Another factor is that available tests are able to recognize only a few of the 150 known strains of Candida and the cells in the specimen may die while waiting for analysis resulting in a false “normal” result. Along with the test, then, other factors have to be considered before a diagnosis can be made.
The doctor must consider if the patient has a history of factors that are known to result in Candida infections and establish that there are symptoms present associated with it. Additionally, the knowledgeable physician will experiment with dietary and antifungal therapy to see if the there are reactions consistent with Candida overgrowth.
Both herbal remedies and prescribed medications can be helpful in treating a yeast infection along with dietary and lifestyle changes. Check with your herbalist as to dose, mode of use and formulations. For antifungal remedies not available over the counter check with your doctor about side effects, costs and availability.
Researchers are working on discovering better testing protocols to establish earlier the need for treatment.
Keeping your immune system, “friendly” bacteria, and Candida in proper balance is possible with a combination of proactive changes; by altering your current diet, and with the responsible use of medicinal or herbal treatments you can maintain a healthy body.
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It is said that infections in the body, particularly yeast infection can cause difficulty in getting pregnant. Make sure that your candida treatment gets rid of this yeast infection completely.
Yeast Infection and Infertility
There are many factors which can cause infertility in women, such as hormones, illness, disease, complications from surgery or even the reproductive system. Infertility in the woman alone accounts for approximately one third of all infertility cases. Men account for another one third. The remaining one third is attributed to fertility issues in both the man and woman, combined, or unknown or undetermined causes.
These unknown causes of infertility are often caused by environmental or behavioral factors which may be easy to resolve. Understanding what these factors are is important and ensuring that your lifestyle is healthy and conducive to becoming pregnant is an important step in overcoming infertility.
Adjusting your environment and behavior to become pregnant more easily may be the least expensive way to battle infertility and there are some good resources online or in books which can help you along which can help you to understand simple things you’re doing in your daily life which may be impacting your ability to become pregnant (check out our site for more information on this).
Although adjusting lifestyle and environmental factors can help anyone who is trying to conceive, there are conditions which may further prevent women from becoming pregnant. Some of these conditions include:
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease or PID is a very common cause of infertility in women, accounting for over 100,000 cases of infertility in North America each year. PID is a term associated with the inflammation of the uterus, fallopian tubes and/or ovaries and is caused primarily by STIs which cause infection within the female reproductive system. Specifically, Chlamydia and Gonorrhea are main culprits associated with PID. Although there may be other causes, regular gynecological exams and/or STI screenings, depending on sexual activity, could be the best way to avoid developing PID.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome or PCOS is a condition caused by imbalanced hormones being produced in the female reproductive system. This causes a decrease in egg production and so a decrease in fertility. However, since PCOS has been linked to obesity and diabetes, adjusting lifestyle behaviors may help to resolve this issue or at least increase fertility slightly.
Fibroids
Fibroids are the most commonly occurring benign tumor in women. Fibroids are relatively common, affecting up to 20% of women. However, Fibroids are much more common in women over 30 years of age. Fibroids are very rare in women under 20 and diminish in women who reach menopause. Fibroids may remain very small, but will often grow in size over and may decrease fertility although it is much less common than some other causes.
Endometriosis
Endometriosis is a condition where tissue in the uterus grows or spreads to other areas within the reproductive system, including the fallopian tubes or ovaries. Then, during the menstrual cycle these tissues break down and may cause adhesions and/or scar tissue which can create blockages within the reproductive system.
Luteal Phase Defect
Luteal Phase Defect (LPD) is caused when the luteal phase is shorter than normal, which may not give adequate time for the uterine wall to develop enough to allow an egg to be implanted and for pregnancy to occur. LPD may be treated with progesterone supplements through injection or suppository.
Poor Egg Quality
In some instances, damage or abnormalities in the reproductive system may result in poor egg quality. Poor egg quality refers to the ability of the egg to produce an embryo. With poor egg quality, the eggs are immature or may not have the necessary genetic information to join with a sperm to create an embryo.
Disease
Diseases such diabetes, thyroid, adrenal, kidney, and liver disease may all contribute to infertility. Some of these have a more direct effect on fertility and others are indirect (such as diabetes patients being more susceptible to PCOS). Due to the breadth of conditions that could possibly effect fertility, there are a wide variety of possible treatments, from surgical to behavioral or lifestyle changes.
Hormonal Imbalances
Imbalanced production of any of the hormones meant to regulate the female body or reproductive cycle may create issues with fertility. These types of issues can sometimes be resolved through lifestyle changes.
Autoimmune disorders
Autoimmune disorders attack healthy cells within the woman’s body. This may be anything from their own cells to cells it believes to be intruding, such as sperm.
Medicine
Over half of all Americans take at least one prescription drug. Due to this astounding number it means that, likely, either you or your spouse is taking some sort of prescription medication. Staying on top of the side-effects of the drugs is nearly impossible!
However, when you’re battling infertility, knowing what may be contributing to your infertility is a must, so ensuring you have up-to-date information and guides to help you understand these side-effects and how they impact your fertility is crucial. It is entirely possible that the drugs you are taking could be one of the main factors in your inability to become pregnant today.
Age
Finally we come to age. The reason a woman’s biological clock ticks louder and louder as we get older. At 20 a woman will conceive, on average, 90% of the time during a 12 month period. A 30 year-old woman will conceive only 60-70% of the time during that same 12 month period. A woman at 40 will conceive less than 50% of the time during that same 12 month period.
So age is a drastic factor in our ability to become pregnant, but it’s also one of the few things we can do nothing about. However, if we again revisit some of the lifestyle changes we can make, these chances may be increased.
Although we haven’t discussed all causes of infertility in women here, we have managed to cover most of the major causes. This article will serve to provide you with some additional insight into the possible causes of fertility problems and hopefully guide you in finding answers to your own questions. Please feel free to drop by http://www.whatcausesinfertilityinwomen.com for more detailed articles on causes of infertility as well as treatments for infertility and new developments in infertility research.
Successful Candida treatment should help the body get rid of these pathogens. Avoid foods that are processed, or that have been exposed to chemical sprays. Be more aware of where the food we eat comes from and make an effort to eat healthy every day.
