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Re: endo and candida
From: liss (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Nov 4 14:32:54 2002
I have found a lot of information linking endo and candida in
alternative medicine or new age sorts of shops. There are lots of books
there on candida, and endo is addressed. My mother used to go to an
allergy doctor in Waukesha, Wisconsin who claimed that everyone who has
endo is allergic to candida, which he said he found in his skin-prick
tests. He slowly weans people from all yeast/candida and changes their
diet to combat endo. I think some yeast is gradually re-introduced. I
personally have a psychological block when it comes to eliminating yeast
from my diet, but it is an interesting theory. Probiotics make sense as
being healthy, even though our culture is obssessed with antibiotics.
The link between endo and candida does not seem to be respected by
Western Medicine, whatever that is worth. Keep searching --good luck!
At Fri, 1 Nov 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>As a med student with endo, I did a Medline search of reputable journals
>in the medical field and found no articles listing any sort of
>connection between yeast infections (which is what candida albicans is)
>and endo. I also looked in some books and found no evidence of any
>connection. The two are probably a coincidence. You might have less
>pain during treatment because of less inflammation. (both will inflame
>the tissues in a similar area so pain and discomfort from both could
>feel similar due to the same nerves innervating both areas).
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>At Mon, 28 Oct 2002, lauren wrote:
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>>Hello all,
>>I was wondering if anyone knew of any good articles, websites, research
>>in general on the purported connection between candida and
>>endometriosis. I have heard that scholarship of dubious quality has
>>linked the two, although I am not sure if it established any causal or
>>exacerbating relationship in one direction or the other, or if it showed
>>any correspondence of the two conditions with an alleged common cause.
>>
>>I only ask because my life with yeast infections and endo started at
>>around the same time period, which was also 8 years after my period
>>started and 7 years after I started having sex, so the correspondence
>>does not seem to be related to the natural onset at the start of puberty
>>and hormone fluctuations or to increased exposure to outside sources of
>>infection. Also, it seems strange that when I take herbs and probiotics
>>to combat candida, I seem to have more pain free days. This could be
>>all a coincidence, I know, but I was just curious. Hope all is well!
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