Angular chellitis

Has anyone had this during there treatment and figured out how to get rid of it? Ever since starting augmentin I can't get rid of it, pretty sure it's fungal since I've been plagued with yeast infections too! I'm taking 100 billion probitic, neem, oregano oil and it just doesn't go away. Any suggestions would be great!

Angular chellitis can indicate a B12 deficiency or a B2 deficiency. The literature seems to reserve it for B2, but the experience of those who start playing with methylation is that it is a B12 deficiency for some, and sometimes a folate issue.

That doesn't mean you are lacking in B2 or B12, but it is something you should consider. B2 deficiency is likely in the western diet if you do not consume any dairy products or eggs (because our western diet has milk as the main source). You can get enough b2 from other sources, but it can be tricky. B12 is likely if you are vegan.

How can you test B2 without a lab?

Swallow 25mg of B2. After about 45 minutes, any excess will show in your pee. The longer it takes, and the less chartreuse your B2-infused pee is, the less B2 you have. It took my son 6 weeks to start seeing any excess.

Why 25mg?
25 mg is as much as can be absorbed at a time. more than that will show up as excess even if you are deficient. It'll just go straight through you.

What form?
If you are very deficient, like my son, then you might have to start with the
Source Naturals, Coenzymated B-2, Sublingual, 60 Tablets. After a couple of months, my son could switch to the far cheaper B2 that you swallow (with no folic acid or any other vitamin). He still takes about 100mg a day, in divided doses. Eventually, you will want to either taper down or start a good multivitamin (with folate rather than folic acid) to keep all those different B vitamins in balance

What about B12 or folate?
That's a bit riskier because people can have extreme reactions to B12 and folate if they are very deficient in either. We were fine here, but you might want to ask for doctor's advice if you aren't confident in trying, for example, to read through the megathread on methylation over in Phoenix Rising forum.

I had it for three years - It's likely a B-Vitamin thing, but you're probably right...it's probably fungal. I had/have a fungal issue. Mine went away after months of the cleanest diet in the world. I did the elimination diet for 6 months. No topicals worked. You can take Bs if you need them, but your best bet is handling the fungus. For me, diet wasn't enough to clear my fungal infection, thanks to Lyme and Co. The chellitis went away with diet, BUT...when I tested for fungal infections, I still had a big problem.

I did a round of Nystatin and that has helped quite a lot. TBH, I don't think it's totally gone, but I haven't been tested in a few months. Fungus is REALLY hard to clear.

Eggs can be a great source.

One of my friends has migraines until she started taking B2, but after some discussion we realised the migraines started only after all her chooks died and she stopped having eggs for breakfast every day.

Please let us know how you go.

tonyaraven said...
Thanks 1000daisies! I've been trying some EO too! It is an annoyance for sure! CCC-better, thanks for your input, I haven't been eating eggs for a couple years due to an allergy test I did awhile back with a nutritionist, but I imagine there could be some other potential allergy, but I believe it's fungal.

Any change for the better tonyaraven?