Candida Infection

Do you experience symptoms like chronic fatigue, digestion problems, or vaginal infections with no real explanation? You’re not alone…

Candida yeast infection – also known as candidiasis or simply ‘Candida’ – is a condition that affects millions of people worldwide and causes symptoms such as chronic fatigue, skin rashes, recurring vaginal yeast infections, or digestion problems.

Despite the fact that many conventional doctors still deny its existence, public awareness of candida infection has continued to grow. Estimates now suggest that up to 25% of Americans may suffer from yeast related problems – both men and women.

Candida infection usually occurs in individuals with an overgrowth of an intestinal organism called Candida albicans due to an unhealthy diet high in sugar, prolonged stress, or overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics.

Candida Infection - Symptoms

Candida is a common health problem of today as up to 75% of all women will experience a yeast infection in their lifetime. However, candida infection can be far more complex and present a wide variety of symptoms:

• constant fatigue
• recurring vaginal infections
• rashes – skin, mouth, sexual organs
• flu-like symptoms
• headaches
• constipation or diarrhea, bloating
• foggy brain
• food allergies

There are many symptoms of candida infection, but they all start because of out-of-control growth of candida cells in the intestines. Learn more about the symptoms of candida infection.

Treatment of Candida Yeast Infection

There are 2 different approaches for the treatment of candida yeast infection:

• Conventional medicine generally focuses on reducing the symptoms of the disease of yeast infection. Drugs like Nystatin, Diflucan, Sporanox, or Lamisil can be prescribed to reduce the amount of candida albicans yeast in the body. While these drugs can help over the short term, many people will experience recurring yeast infection.
• Holistic approach is usually the only long-term solution for candida yeast infection. The holistic approach tries to address the root cause of candida infection to permanently prevent it from recurring and to improve your overall health. This is something – by the way – that conventional medicine misses entirely.

Thousands of patients with candida infection have already been helped or cured with antifungal, probiotic and diet therapy. In order to deal with your yeast infection, see the candida treatment page.