Candida questions for ladies

needhelp4 -
I'm a little confused by your question - maybe I'm missing something. Antibiotics (Rx or herbal) are for the microbial, bacterial infection--designed to knock out all bacteria and killing the good bacteria is an unintended consequence.

But it's the good bacteria that helps control yeast/fungal overgrowth, so that's why people often develop y/f imbalance while they are on antibiotics. If you have a yeast/fungal overgrowth, you'll want an anti fungal (and really, no abx should be prescribed w/out some form of anti fungal included).

I realize most of us don't really want to be on medication and prefer herbal remedies... but I would not mess around w/ a y/f overgrowth--if that is what you have. Also, the y/f overgrowth really cause problems w/ GI so it's very possible that is the source of your gut issues and if that's the case, you can kill two birds with an anti fungal stone!

A local anti fungal will knock out GI issues and a systemic anti fungal is likely needed for the vaginal imbalance.

- Local for GI: Pure Nystatin powder (500,000 units) is actually natural (as opposed to the pills that they manufacture using the pure powder) and is derived from the earth so it's perfectly safe and natural. You can find it at a compounding pharmacist - many online will ship (including mine who ships for free - I can share his info if you like)

- A systemic anti fungal is probably necessary in order to reach the source (a topical might not help too much with an infection that is inside your body) and should knock out the overgrowth fast and hard, which is what you want so that the infection doesn't become resistant, which is sometimes what happens when people use natural antifungals to address a significant overgrowth and it just isn't powerful enough. Once you knock it out there are several natural antifungals that are good for long-term maintenance.

Before taking anything, you might ask for a culture to identify what you have. Often, y/f strains aren't identified in cultures but hopefully yours is. If you'd like more info you can email me.

-p

Chapelle said...
needhelp - you can use monistat cream externally and see if that helps!

I use coconut oil topically (antibacterial/microbial properties). I've seen/felt legit improvements however like someone else said, topically is not the "root" (no pun intended) cause. The root cause is internally.

I'm actually on Diflucan for a week for a first strong punch and then Nystatin, along with the candida diet and all the other gut maintenance.

My doctors definitely did not do their due diligence before prescribing me abx for a extended period of time and now I'm dealing with, most likely, systemic candida.

But it's not in my personality to hold a grudge. It is, what it is now, and I just see it as another life challenge to overcome, grow, and learn. I'm forever going to be a 1000 times healthier person from this lyme/candida experience for the rest of my life. Good can come out of really crappy situations.