diflucan

I had to take Diflucan after being on antibiotics for an out patient surgery (I got a yeast infection) and it made my Uc go remarkably quiet (I was flaring at the time).

i think a 28 day course but we see him on friday. he's a very old school doc, very thorough, really thought the whole case through. he's not sure if the fungal infection is causative or a result of the uc meds. will see. thanks both

Many people experience a lessening of symptoms - sometimes dramatically so. I think my doc had me on it for a week or two on a couple of occasions. I experienced no bad side effects.

Thanks Quincy, yes it would! She did have several stool samples but never tested for candida as far as I know (I believe they did the ova/parasites, c-diff, standard bacterial infections ie. salmonella etc). I don't think they test for candida as a standard thing? I even asked her doc at SickKids to look into it and think about prescribing it but she brushed it off. Anyway, her immunologist says it's going to have to be treated regardless. This is a doc I really trust and appreciate so here's hoping.
For those who have had improvement to their UC, what happened when you finished the course? Did you try to follow up with some form of natural anti fungals or dietary protocol or anything like that? IF it works and helps her UC I want to figure out how to keep it in check (I know about probiotics, natural anti funals, have tried low carb diets and ldn, would be willing to try these again during/after).
Thanks again.

Kim...would there not be different kinds of fungal infection? What would short-term be for diflucan...28 days?

I have been on Diflucan before for over 30 days. I think it help to some degree. What I really like is Candex a natural plant enzyme and this really works for me. I take it in the morning and night as it suggests. I open the capsules too and empty in water to get it working right away. It's really good for vaginal yeast infections too! I feel more energy when I'm on it. I know I have or had a yeast problem for a long time. It has cleared up my mind and confusion and groggy feeling in my head. I was having crying spells and depression big time. Candex does work, maybe you can try it too. I order from Amazon.

thanks sas, we are already taking florastor as well as vsl.

bookworm, I don't know if the immunologist has been more of a "help" but I do know that he is the only one who has listened to my husband and I and not thought we were crazy for thinking of things like fungal infections, allergies etc. He is a semi retired old doc. Very kind and he told us that we were seeing a great GI (I'm not sure of that but he's well regarded) but that he wanted to entertain the possibility that this was not a case of an AI disease. He wanted to run as many tests as he could and see what came up. He believes that these things can and do cause "UC" symptoms. I don't know what we will discover in our case. We'll try diflucan at the end of the week. I do know that a very low carb diet is the only thing that worked MIRACULOUSLY for us for a few weeks and then something happened and my daughter flared again. Other than this, steroids are the only thing that worked. So, I was inclined to beieve there was a "fungal link" in our case but don't know how to treat it. Now that something has turned up in the stools, we will try diflucan and go from there. It's hard to not to be hopeful but I've learned that it's even harder to be hopeful. I'll let you know how it goes.

I haven't taken Diflucan but have suspected Candida. When I started LDN I started taking Olive Leaf Extract. Then I was still having some trouble and seemed again to me like Candida so I started following some aspects of the Fodmap diet that people were doing on the Crohn's board. I suspected fructose to be part of my problem (and this is easier for me to follow than a anti-fungal diet) and some on Fodmap have had their candida clear up. By eliminating refined sugar and the fruits/juice and veggies on the Fodmap I have seen a drastic improvement in symptoms. I don't follow the wheat or lactose part of Fodmap just the Fructose, Frucatans, and Polyols part because I was eating a lot of the fruits and veggies on the no list and once stopping my symptoms really improved so I think Fructose from certain fruits is a big problem for me.

Not sure if it is the LDN, olive leaf, or Fodmap but I suspect the Olive leaf and Fodmap are now allowing the LDN to work when it wasn't working before for me because of Candida.

Here is a link to a basic list of no foods and ok foods on Fodmap.

http://www.healthyfood.co.nz/articles/2010/march/are-you-intolerant-to-common-foods/fodmap-intolerances-0310.pdf