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Candidiasis Basics
By Marc J. Bielski, M.D.
Since disease-causing yeast are all around us, they are normally present within your gastrointestinal tract. Usually, the presence of beneficial (good) bacteria inhibits and suppresses the disease-causing yeast, keeping them under control.
Exposure to the candidiasis risk factors can disturb, injure, or kill the beneficial bacteria, allowing your disease-causing yeast to reproduce and colonize their surroundings. This is when the trouble begins.
At first, candidiasis is typically confined to the gut and mucous membranes. If circumstances permit, the disease-causing yeast can directly spread to the upper and lower respiratory tracts, including the sinuses and lungs, as well as progress up the common bile duct to infect the gallbladder, liver, and pancreas.
Depending on the species and strains (variants) of disease-causing yeast that are present and the extent of their colonization, they can invade into and through the gut wall, causing leaky gut syndrome with its associated problems—especially, malabsorption and nutritional deficiencies. At this point, gastro-intestinal candidiasis has progressed to invasive candidiasis.
Even worse, the disease-causing yeast can enter and colonize the blood, causing systemic candidiasis. This allows them to travel within the blood and take up residence where conditions favor their growth. In fact, infections of virtually every organ and tissue have been reported in the medical literature.
To add insult, because of their strong allergy-inducing tendencies, disease-causing yeast can instigate and/or promote an abundance of sensitivities and hypersensitivities to a variety of substances, including foods, pollens, dust, chemical, and more, as well as to the disease-causing yeast themselves and numerous molds (harmful and harmless).
Candidiasis is an infection with allergic consequences and significant inflammation. Moreover, the presence of other infectious invaders, including harmful parasites, bacteria, molds, and/or viruses, will accelerate a candidiasis sufferer’s passage from wellness to illness.
Therefore, most candidiasis sufferers require a comprehensive holistic-integrative medical approach to diagnosis and treatment to achieve the greatest improvements in their health and well-being.
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