Sunday, November 16, 2008

Treating Your Candidiasis Naturally Will Benefit Your Health

By Jennifer King

Getting rid of a yeast infection in the intestines is not as simple as treating a vaginal candida infection. With a vaginal yeast infection you can purchase an OTC anti yeast cream, and then in a high percentage of cases the Candida is gone for good. When you suffer with Candida in your intestines anti fungal oral medicines can make your infection worse.

Most people with intestinal Candida infections head directly for an oral anti fungal medicine to treat themselves. The problem with oral anti fungal drugs is they kill all of the bacteria in your intestines, and they can also weaken your immune system.

When an oral anti bacterial drug wipes out every single bacteria in your intestines it leaves the environment in a perfect condition for bacteria and yeasts to start mutating. This mutating fungus is what is causing your symptoms, so an anti bacterial drug will only make your symptoms worse.

Your intestines need to be populated with friendly bacteria to help fight off the mutating yeast. If this balance gets too much in favor of the Candidayeast then your infection becomes more difficult to cure. If it's left long enough without the correct treatment your fungal infection can become systemic. This means it will get into your bloodstream, and begin attacking your internal organs.

The human body also needs a strong immune system to help fight off the yeast infection. Drugs like antibiotics weaken the immune system so in the end you have a weaker immune system, and no friendly bacteria in your intestines. This is the reason why antibiotics are the biggest cause of yeast infections.

A fungal infection in your intestines needs be treated naturally, and alongside an anti Candida protocol. Even if you begin treating your infection naturally, and you make errors with what you eat and drink or your medication, you won't cure yourself.

If you're permanently on prescription drugs for an illness, and they weaken your immune system then your intestinal yeast infection will take longer to cure. If you carry on eating a regular diet that contains foods that feed the mutated yeast then you'll never cure yourself.

Treating yourself naturally, and correctly will kill the mutated fungus, encourage the re-growth of friendly bacteria in your intestines, and also repair the cell damage caused by the mutated Candida.

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