UC + Oral Manifestations?

Hi everyone,

I'm a lurker on this forum; I read now and then, but I'm generally, my UC has been under relative control. I was diagnosed with left-sided UC in 2014 and it has been managed with nightly enemas (Rowasa/aminosalicylate). In general, I feel well and while I have the occasional unpleasant day, it is nothing like it was before I was diagnosed and started treatment.

That said, recently, I've been having some mouth issues that have me curious/concerned. I've been struggling to rid myself of oral thrush. It's mild, but persistent, along with a few raised dots on the back of the roof of my mouth. They aren't painful in any way and are just tiny little dots. I was prescribed two rounds of Diflucan (the 2-day dose) and a round of Nystatin. Neither really resolved the issue, and I'm finding myself to have a bit of dry mouth and a feeling almost like something is stuck in my throat sometimes. I'm not sure if those are just side effects of the thrush lasting for awhile or something else.

Any thoughts, ideas or similar experiences? I'm wondering if I should see my ENT. My dentist was very dismissive of it a few weeks ago, and my gastroenterologist is booked solid for a few weeks.

Thanks for any insight!

COPIED FROM THE SITE I WILL POST UNDER TEXT (not my words) but still very intriguing.....

An imbalance of beneficial (probiotic) and pathogenic bacteria in the gut, is known as dysbiosis. Dysbiosis can trigger C. albicans to thrive and over-populate the gut.

Systemic Candida overgrowth can occur when C. albicans adheres to the gut wall lining and is able to penetrate into the bloodstream through its mycelium, the root-like part of the fungus.

Systemic Candida overgrowth can cause much wider symptoms including; skin conditions, oral thrush, lowered immunity, and in more serious cases, where the yeast has invaded deeper into the tissues of the body, symptoms such as sinus congestion, brain fog and mental confusion, muscle pain and debilitating fatigue can ensue.

Saccharomyces boulardii is an internationally acclaimed probiotic in the treatment of diarrhoea, IBS, IBD and Candida overgrowth. Although S. boulardii is a yeast itself, studies have shown it to reduce the levels of C. albicans in the body, by up to 90%. It does this through various methods. Firstly, being a friendly yeast it has the ability to seek out the same binding sites on the intestinal wall lining as C. albicans and effectively “crowd” it out, more effectively and directly than probiotic bacteria can.

http://imperfectlynatural.com/probiotics-for-candida-overgrowth/

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My thoughts:

First of all, the suggestions by Quincy are great.

This situation is somewhat confusing because how do we know which came first, the chicken or the egg? with IBD I'd guess the immune system is innately disadvantaged already and the candida can get out of hand more easily.

As opposed to candida CAUSING the entire affair, like the candida overgrowth people would like you to believe (so you buy their products).

All that aside though, you will see this particular strain of probiotic yeast mentioned here in MANY taglines. It's definitely a friend of us IBD people. And you'll see it mentioned on very sound scientific sites (not just the candida conspiracy sites).

I cycle it into my probiotic been every 2-3 months for good measure. Good luck.

Start with the mouth first, get it cultured and recognise mouth hygeine. Go from there.

q