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Candidiasis and the Genitourinary System - Vaginitis, UTI, and interstitial cystitis
By Marc J. Bielski, M.D.
Disease-causing yeast have a proclivity to colonize the vagina, which is why so many women have frequent vaginal yeast infections, including UTI sufferers.
The colonization of their vaginal mucosa is not an innocent occurrence because these infectious invaders can inflame the cervix, promoting the growth of abnormal cells, as well as advance upward into the uterus, fallopian tubes, or further (the kidneys and bladder).
Another prominent area that can readily be colonized is the bladder and urinary tract. To add insult, disease-causing yeast can invade into and through the bladder wall, causing interstitial cystitis. Unsurprisingly, most interstitial cystitis sufferers are discovered to be candidiasis sufferers.
As a result, many candidiasis sufferers have frequent, recurrent, or chronic urinary tract infections (UTI’s); typically, it involves a mixed bacterial-fungal coinfection.
Research proves that some species of disease-causing yeast can survive and flourish within the bladder, especially Candida glabratabut also Candida albicans. In fact, Candida glabrata can survive even with a urine pH of 1, which is a particularly harmful, acidic environment.
First… Vaginitis: According to the CDC website, Vaginal Candidiasis | Fungal Diseases | CDC:
“Candidiasis is an infection caused by a yeast (a type of fungus) called Candida. Candida normally lives on skin and inside the body such as in the mouth, throat, gut, and vagina, without causing any problems. Candida can cause an infection if conditions change inside the vagina to encourage its growth. Things like hormones, medicines, or changes in the immune system can make infection more likely.”
Yes, certain things can cause the vaginal microbiome (environment) to shift, but what’s really going on?
The vagina’s proximity to the anus readily allows disease-causing yeast and other infectious invaders to directly spread from the gut to infect the vagina.
Consider one simple study: In 1977, M. R. Miles et al. evaluated 98 young women who complained of recurrent vaginitis and noted, “If Candida albicans was cultured from the vagina, it was always found in the stool. Conversely, if it was not isolated from the stool, it was never found in the vagina.”
In other words, there is a 100 percent correlation between the presence of disease-causing yeast within the gastrointestinal tract and the vagina!
The researchers concluded, “These data are presented as an explanation for the recurring nature of Candida vaginitis, and thus a cure of vaginitis would not be possible without prior eradication of Candida albicans from the gut.”
This helps explain why…
When female candidiasis sufferers are comprehensively treated with a holistic-integrative medical approach, their vaginal yeast infections (and UTI’s) often disappear forever (unless they become reinfected). The details about diagnosis and treatment are in “Unraveling Candidiasis” – Part 4, chapters 17-20.
Yes, in some women, there are one or more other infectious invaders that also need to be eliminated, but the most important piece of the “candidiasis puzzle” involves eliminating their disease-causing yeast.
Clinical Hint:
1. If a woman has a vaginal infection and a sample is cultured, showing bacteria, and then she is treated with antibiotics without addressing her disease-causing yeast, her vaginal (and gut) microbiome will be ever more compromised. In short, bacteria live on surfaces that allow them to survive, and without the disruption of the vaginal surfaces by one or more species and strains (variants) of disease-causing yeast, the vaginal environment would not favor the survival of pathogenic microorganisms.
2. Under-treating and short-dose treatment will not provide long-term wellness. Low doses of antifungal medication provide the opportunity for disease-causing yeast to adapt and become resistant (if they were not already) and short courses will not eradicate them from the blood and tissues.
Most candidiasis sufferers’ infection with one or more species of disease-causing yeast is not only confined to their gut, meaning it has progressed to invade and exist within their tissues and blood.
This also includes the ability of disease-causing yeast within blood to gain access to the vasculature (vessels) of the urinary tract, colonizing areas that permit their survival, which explains why so many UTI sufferers have candidiasis.
So, this is why a comprehensive holistic-integrative medical approach to properly diagnose and treat candidiasis is essential to regain your health and well-being.
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