Candidiasis`I cant spell it

My mom has the yeast thing where your tongue turns white or whatever. She's taking probiotics but is there anything else she can do?

 

I managed to eliminate it just by quitting sugar.

 

reduce sugars, eat (plain) yogurt, make sure she cleans/brushes/mouthwashes/whatever regularly. Sometimes increasing garlic intake can help folks too.

 

yeah, no sugar or starchy things like white rice and white breads.

 

book recc

_breaking the vicious cycle_
by elaine gottschall

 

Try Threelac, many people have success with it. They sell it on ebay. I hear it's used pretty regularly in Japan.

 

grapefruit seed extract.

 

I started taking probiotics from Jigsaw Health, and they seem to work better than ANY probiotics out there.
Here is a link:
http://www.jigsawhealth.com/products/probiotic_acidophilus.html

It has helped a lot with my candida.

 

if none of the above works, a round of Diflucan (by Rx) should do it, then she can keep it under control by the above methods. And you spelled it right. It's the same organism whether oral, vaginal, urinal, etc. (yeast).

 

Yeah Difflucin is good.

 

DICLUCAN. SHe will need a minimum of 3 days on it, better to have a week. ONE pill won't do it (as that is the original prescribing data for vaginal yeast, and it doesn't do it for oral yeast.) This drug is also a diagnostic. If you take the drug for the proper amount of time, and you do not get better, chances are pretty good you don't have Candida.

Often people with Diabetes, HIV or those treated for cancer have immune systems which are not working properly and often these people need Diflucan (along with a probiotic) as a daily medication.

I hope your mom feels better. Is she otherwise ill? It is not common for a healthy adult to have oral thrush.

 

She may also want to have it cultured. There are other fungal infections, and not all probiotics nor Diflucan works on them. If it is something other than yeast, she could spend a long time treating something she doesn't have. She needs to see a doctor for the prescription, so she may as well make sure the doctor takes a culture and also tests her urine for sugar spllage (unless you already know she is diabetic.)

Also, ENTERIC coated Probiotics are the best. Stomach acid Kills acidophilus. Enteric coating allows the bacteria to not be released until it gets into her small intestine, which is where she needs it. Otherwise you have to take it on an "empty" stomach, and as people have really variable stomach emptying times, this rarely works out well. (And if she is diabetic, she shouldn't have an empty stomach, unless she is in the middle of a GTT test.)

Diflucan, on the other hand, should be taken on a full stomach.