candida
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candida
So... I saw a new doctor last week, one that supposedly has a lot of GI and naturopathic knowledge. He thinks I have a candida problem. I know this is kind of the buzz word lately. He also put a lot of weight into the skin prick test. Wondering what you all think. :)
While most allopathic doctors don't seem to even recognize the existence of candida overgrowth issues, by contrast, naturopathic practitioners seem to see it everywhere. 
The truth is probably somewhere in between.My personal opinion of skin prick tests is that they are a good way to determine triggers for skin allergies, but they're pretty much worthless for detecting oral food sensitivities. For determining food sensitivities, nothing comes close to the sensitivity, reliability, and accuracy of the EnteroLab stool tests. Why look for antibodies to food in the skin, when they are produced in the gut? The place to look is either in the gut (by means of mucosal biopsy samples), or in the stool, (since the stool contains the residues of digestive processes that occur in the gut).
If I were selling skin prick tests, I too would probably put a lot of weight in them.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Jennifer,
If you do indeed have a candida overgrowth, you should experience the Herxheimer effect as it begins to die off in response to the antifungal. Here's some information on it, if you're not familiar with it.
Candida Die-Off: Symptoms And Treatment
It's not uncommon to have candida when MC is active. I can recall seeing thrush on my tongue quite often, back when I was still reacting. I never specifically treated it, but since I couldn't tolerate much sugar, my restrictive diet for almost 2 years apparently starved the yeast out as a collateral benefit.
Tex
If you do indeed have a candida overgrowth, you should experience the Herxheimer effect as it begins to die off in response to the antifungal. Here's some information on it, if you're not familiar with it.
Candida Die-Off: Symptoms And Treatment
It's not uncommon to have candida when MC is active. I can recall seeing thrush on my tongue quite often, back when I was still reacting. I never specifically treated it, but since I couldn't tolerate much sugar, my restrictive diet for almost 2 years apparently starved the yeast out as a collateral benefit.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.