DO YOU HAVE CANDIDIASIS?

Fatigue. Gas and/or stomach bloating. Chronic headaches. Brain fog. Food cravings (especially sugar). Skin rashes/itching. Feeling sad for no reason. Sensitivity to fragrances and chemicals. Foul smelling stools that are often soft & mushy. If you’ve gone to your doctor and they can’t quite figure out why you are experiencing these symptoms, you may have a Candida (yeast) infection.

HOW DOES IT HAPPEN?

We all have bugs in our gut called the “intestinal flora”. Through some of the ways described below, this normal ecology gets altered and the yeast cells mutate into harmful forms, proliferating out of control. Te yeast produces chemicals called enterotoxins which cause intestinal permeability (“Leaky Gut Syndrome”), thereby enabling these toxins and larger undigested food molecules to leak through the damaged intestinal wall into the bloodstream. The body produces a hyper-immune response to this and the end result is inflammation.

                                                WHO IS AT RISK?

- A mother with systemic Candidiasis who passes it on to her infant, especially if she was previously on birth control pills

-  Antibiotic usage as a child or adult

-  Poor diet

-  Mold/mildew in the home or workplace

-  Also, it can be sexually transmitted

HOW DOES ONE CONTROL IT?

1)    Diet (starve it)

2)    Herbs (kill it)

3)    Nutritional supplements (to heal the damaged GI tract)

4)    Restore the normal intestinal flora

Books such as Dr. C. Orion Truss’ The Missing Diagnosis and Dr. William Crook’s The Yeast Connection thoroughly document Candidiasis, which has been a problem for decades.

At ABC Wellness & Rehab we provide a checklist of symptoms and can test you to help determine if your symptoms are Candida-related. Call us to find out how!

Dr. Nabzdyk is a holistic physician with over 18 years experience. He owns and operates ABC Wellness & Rehab, providing individualized nutritional coaching, acupuncture, and chiropractic, as well as hormonal and allergy testing. Call (815) 609-7735 for more information or visit us at www.abcwellness-rehab.com