Some doctors and their opinion of candida

Posted by Leanne on Mar 31st, 2010 | no comments home title

I just got off the phone from someone in Abu Dhabi and she told me what her doctor said to her when she approached him about symptoms she is having that she suspects may be from candida. His response was exactly the same as what doctors in the states will say. “The only way you can have candida is if you are seriously immune compromised and if you had it you would be on your death bed.” Then he proceeded to tell her that it must “all be in your head”.

To me, this is a very sad thing. Don’t doctors understand that candida is not like a light switch, either on or off. There can be varying levels of candida through the body and it gets worse over time. As we get older our immune systems get tired and may not function as well as when we were younger. This will allow candida to gain ground and grow in our systems. As the candida colonies get larger, they will excrete waste which includes chemicals like formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and ethanol. It is these toxins that make us feel so crummy initially. Our immune systems become more depressed because of these toxins and then the candida can gain ground again.

This is a vicious cycle, many people are struggling with it and it is a condition I wish doctors would spend more time trying to understand.