SYMPTOMS CHECK LIST

 

Experts are finding out that numerous kinds of mold, fungus and yeast cause and breed various forms of illness and disease. Cardiovascular complaints, rheumatism, arthritis, gout, asthma, allergies, sinusitis, gastritis, tuberculosis and cancer are just a few. Mold is often the offspring of a fungus. Fungus can be an offspring of a yeast infection.

 

Candida overgrowth can produce an incredible and overwhelming number of symptoms. Among them are headaches, migraines and a pressure type feeling on the top of your head. Bad breath, thrush, canker sores, sore throat, sinusitis, nagging cough, clogged sinuses and throat along with other respiratory conditions can become extremely difficult to deal with. During “die off” you can have very persistent episodes of trying to clear your throat.

 

Earaches and ear infections are common.  Acne and rashes are two more. A yeast infection of the mouth can produce a burning tongue effect and white spots. Normally a sheet of whitish velvety substance forms on the tongue and can also form in the mouth.

 

Flatulence or gas, gastritis, diarrhea, chronic constipation, digestive problems, colitis and ulcers in the digestive tract, leaky gut syndrome and rectal itching or hemorrhoids can certainly take their serious and painful toll.

 

Mood swings, night sweats, PMS type symptoms, female disorders including sterility, fibrosis, pregnancy problems, hormonal imbalances and vaginitis can cause all kinds of misery. Male disorders including prostatitis and impotence can become difficult to deal with. Sexual desires can often become nonexistent.

 

Depression (often severe), poor memory, imbalance, weakness, dizziness, unexplainable anxiety and insomnia can become hard to cope with.

 

Persistent heartburn, indigestion, hyperactivity, acid reflux and heart complications can occur.

 

Muscle and joint pain, numbness and tingling sensations in the face and/or extremities, arthritis, aching joints that can come and go can become extremely difficult to deal with. It is not uncommon for pains to move from one place to another day by day.

 

Cystitis and fungal infections of the skin and nails can take place.

 

Allergies, asthma and numerous other sensitivities can become devastating. 

 

Kidney and bladder infections, fluctuation in blood sugar levels and meningitis can take their toll.

 

IF THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH…

 

The toxins produced from Candida overgrowth cause a merciless strain on the liver. When this occurs, the liver can not adequately detoxify the body. This results in extreme fatigue and a loathsome feeling of discomfort and extreme ill health sensations.

 

All these various and seemingly unrelated symptoms and more can be caused by the fungus known as Candida albicans.

 

THROUGH THE MEDICAL WRINGER

 

Sadly, typical doctors do not accept Candida as the insidious destroyer of health that it is.

 

Many people go to one specialist after another, spending thousands of dollars trying to figure out what is wrong with them. When traditional doctors can not label an illness or pinpoint a symptom to any one point of instigation, they often pawn a person off as mentally disturbed in some way. They try to convince you that it is “all in your head”.  Do not bite into their lack of proper knowledge and limited insight. Remember, they are still practicing – practicing physicians.

 

A person’s health can continue spiraling down in terrible ways. One can gain weight while another may lose many pounds. It can become very difficult to perform daily tasks, and more so to efficiently work a job. You can become very weak and dizzy at times. Driving a car can become a very difficult chore. Paying attention can become nearly impossible. Eyesight can become very blurred and painful.

 

CAN I MAKE IT THROUGH THE DAY?

 

In extreme cases of Candida, major feats for a person for a single day may include showering, dressing and fixing a meal. Some people have an increase in appetite while others do not want to eat much at all. Reading or watching tv can become difficult. Food can become hard to digest. It may seem as though you just can not get filled. Why?

 

If you have a lot of Candida parasites in your intestinal tract, they can take up to half your meal just to feed themselves. That’s right; they get first dibs on your food consumption. Hunger sensations can increase during the “die off” process.

 

You can be left feeling totally sick and toxic. Depression can take a stronghold of your entire life and not let you go until you get the insidious parasites out of you, or back to their normal levels.

 

When it comes to naturally occurring bacteria in your intestinal tract, an 85/15 balance is preferred: 85% friendly bacteria and 15% of the other.

 

With Candida overgrowth, there can be what seems like an endless array of problematic and often horrifying symptoms taking place. Symptoms can change from day to day and pains can move to different places throughout your body. This baffles traditional doctors but any sharp holistic practitioner will know when gut dysbiosis is plaguing the body. 

 

IT CAN AFFECT INDIVIDUALS IN DIFFERENT WAYS

 

Candidiasis affects people in totally different ways and to various degrees.

 

One woman will have thrush, cystitis and feel lethargic, while another will be struggling with severe fatigue, depression, and foggy brain along with food and chemical sensitivities. Some people have to stop working because of the severity of it all. 

 

One man may become irritable and develop an itchy, painful anus similar to hemorrhoids and not be tired. Another man may develop arthritic like symptoms and have to confine himself to a wheel chair to get around and also have foggy brain.

 

Children tend to develop allergies, recurrent infections and/or tummy upsets (often stress related) and can become hyperactive or even autistic. Candida can spread and colonize based on your personal levels of stress and hormone imbalances.  

 

Typical Signs and Symptoms

 

Learn how to pinpoint Candida overgrowth problems:  

 

Some of the following symptoms can be caused by Candida and also the “Leaky Gut Syndrome”.

 

·       Waking up tired even after 9+ hours of sleep.

·       Continuously lethargic, lazy, and an ‘out of it’ feeling.

·       You can have energy highs and lows; usually more lows than highs throughout every day.  

·       Abdominal pain, bloating, flatulence, acid reflux and/or heart burn.

·       IBS-type symptoms (Irritable Bowel Syndrome).

·       A noticeable changing in stool formation.

·       Edginess.

·       Digestive disorders and uneasiness.

·       Food cravings, particularly sugar, bread, alcohol and chocolate. Anything with high sugar content and high carbohydrate counts.

·       Binge eating or a feeling of being full or constantly hungry.

·       Allergies, sensitivities to fumes and food intolerances.

 

Some Symptoms of Candida albicans or yeast infection:

 

·       Thrush or Yeast Infection (oral or vaginal).

·       Cystitis or vaginal infections.

·       Endometriosis.

·       Athlete's foot or fungal infections of the nails and/or skin.

·       Becoming severely affected by exposure to chemical fumes, perfumes, tobacco smoke, etc

·       Symptoms usually worsen after taking yeasty or sugary foods or drinks.

·       Suffer from a variety of food allergies and sensitivities.

·       Suffer from abdominal bloating, diarrhea or constipation.

·       Suffer from pre-menstrual syndrome.

·       Suffer from depression, fatigue, lethargy or poor memory.

·       Food cravings.

·       Muscular aches, tingling, numbness or burning sensations.

·       Suffer from unaccountable aches and/or swelling in joints.

·       Erratic vision or spots before your eyes; even blurry or dull vision.

·       Suffer from impotence or lack of sexual desire.

 

Other Signs

 

·       Sufferers can develop a dull, gray, puffy color and texture of skin.

·       Dark rings can form under the eyes.

·       There can be an increase of cellulite around the hips, thighs and stomach. Many sufferers gain weight and can not lose it.

·       Chronic aches and stiffness.

·       An awful feeling of ill health throughout your body.

·       Pains can move from one place to another.

·       Painful lower back and/or abdominal areas.  

·       Fuzzy-headedness, memory lapses and poor concentration levels.

·       Recurrent thrush or cystitis, PMS, Endometriosis, and/or prostatitis.

·       Sore throat, post nasal drip.

·       Continuously trying to clear your throat.

·       Fungal skin or nail infections, athletes' foot, acne and/or hives.

·       Headaches and/or migraines.

·       Depression and anxiety.

·       Recurrent mouth ulcers.

·       Rheumatoid arthritis.

·       Water retention.

·       Hyperactivity (especially in children).

·       Nausea.

·       Aging skin problems.

 

CELIAC DISEASE & GLUTEN INTOLERANCE

 

Celiac disease is a damaged intestinal mucosa. Gluten intolerance is sensitivity toward gluten products.

 

Many people think they have one problem, when it can often be Candida. The following are symptoms that are, or at times thought to be Celiac complications or gluten intolerance, but may be Candida.

 

Very common Celiac conditions are as follows:

 

·       Chronic fatigue.

·       Weakness.

·       Headaches.

·       Muscle and joint pains.

·       Irritability.

·       Abdominal pain.

·       Constipation or diarrhea.

·       Gas.  

·       Feeling bad all over, like having the flu with symptoms ranging from diarrhea, weakness, and muscular/bone aches and pains.

 

Common Celiac conditions are as follows:

 

·       Numbness, especially in the hands and/or feet.

·       Peripheral neuropathy (can be caused by folic acid deficiency).

·       Abnormal or impaired skin sensation (paresthesia) which can include burning, prickling, itching or tingling sensations.

·       Central and peripheral nervous system complications.

·       Asthma (which can be due to magnesium deficiency).

·       Chronic sinusitis.

·       Allergies, food intolerances and also other responses to allergens.

·       Uncomfortable feelings when you are not consuming sugars and simple carbohydrates. Food cravings are not uncommon because of malnutrition.

·       Feeling worse when exposed to mold, dust, chemicals, or pollutants. Around midnight to 2 AM can be a more difficult because mold is more active during that time.

·       General reproductive problems like infertility in male and female. Here again, malnutrition can be one cause.

·       Spontaneous abortions.

·       Premenstrual syndrome like symptoms.

·       Irregular menstrual cycles or unusual menstrual pain which can be from low estrogen levels and an erratic or non-existent menstrual cycle (amenorrhea). For young untreated celiac girls, the onset of menarche can be delayed.

·       Women with a long history of Candida and also malabsorption can reach menopause in their late twenty's.

·       Unusual menstrual pain.

 

Possible occurrences with Celiac conditions are as follows:

 

·       Sore throat.

·       Swollen glands in the neck.

·       Chronic athlete's foot or jock itch because of the susceptibility to fungus.

·       Yeast rashes which can appear like eczema or hives. It often clears when gluten is removed from the diet. 

 

Rare Celiac conditions are as follows:

 

·       Dizziness because of nerve damage.

·       Tingling and numbness in the feet can occur.

·       Confusion, memory loss, dizziness, loss of balance and visual abnormalities can take place.

 

·       Dermatitis herpetiformis which is an extremely itchy rash. It can show up on the outside of elbows, knees, on the top of the buttocks, or on the back shoulders, neck and scalp.

 

·       Heart pains can take place with severe anemia.

·       Uncomfortable heart palpitations can also occur.

·       Heartburn or acid reflux can also take place.

 

·       Some Celiacs vomit after gluten consumption.

 

·       Epilepsy (with calcification in the brain) may improve when gluten is fully removed.

 

CANDIDA AND THE LIVER

 

Candida overgrowth can produce “Leaky Gut” which in turn can overload the liver. When this happens, your skin can develop an orange like color. This can be a sign of a toxic liver. It is either not functioning properly or cannot handle all the toxins in your body. 

 

CANDIDA AND OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS

 

Candida albicans can become a precursor to many diseases including Epstein Barr, AIDS, and cancer.  The immune system becomes so worn down from the repeated assault of drugs (prescription and other), poor diet, and yeast that it goes "haywire" turning against the body.  Some say Candida is reaching epidemic proportions.

 

Symptoms of Candida overgrowth can be extremely overwhelming and extremely taxing on your body.

 

Common symptoms of Candida in the GI tract are intermittent diarrhea, constipation, gas, bloating after meals, colitis, heartburn, gastritis, hemorrhoids, headaches and migraines. 

 

In the urogenital tract symptoms are chronic vaginitis, PMS, cramping, recurrent kidney and bladder infections, cystitis, endometriosis, urethitis. 

 

Many people with allergies have Candida. Allergy reactions can include hay fever, sinusitis, earaches, hives, asthma, food and chemical sensitivities. 

 

Other symptoms are chronic fatigue, arthritis, cold hands and/or feet, numbing or loss of feeling in extremities, hypersensitivity reactions with resultant fatigue, irritability, brain fog, recurrent musculoskeletal problems,

increased body hair in women, baldness, nail fungus, food cravings, loss of sexual desire, psoriasis, and acne.  It is because of these diverse symptoms that Candida has been called the "Great Imitator".

 

A to Z Symptoms of Candida

 

Abdominal pain

Adrenal Malfunctioning 

Allergies

Asthma

Athletes Foot

Back Pain (Especially the lower area)

Bad Breath

Belching

Bladder Infections

Bloating/Gas

Brain Fog

Cold Feeling

Cold or Night Sweats

Colitis

Colon Cancer

Common Cold Symptoms 

Constipation

Cystitis

Depression

Diabetes

Dry Mouth

Dry Skin

Diarrhea

Endometriosis

Epstein Bar Virus

Eyes (Blurry and/or dull sight, especially during “die off”

Eyes (Burning feeling)

FATIGUE (Chronic)

Finger/Toenail Fungus

Flu like Symptoms

Food Cravings/Lack of hunger

Fungal infections of the skin or nails (often a whitish appearance)

Gas/Bloating

Headaches/Migraines

Heartburn

Hemorrhoids (Persistent)

Hiatal Hernia

Hives

Hormone Imbalance

Hyperactivity

Hypersensitivities

Indigestion

Infections

Intestinal Pain

Irritability

Insomnia

Itching

Lethargy/Laziness

Low Blood Sugar

Lupus

Menstrual Problems

Mood Swings

Musculo-skeletal problems (recurrent)

Muscle Aches

Nails (Especially thick toe nails – fungal condition)

Numbness

No/Low Sex Drive

Over or Under Weight

Over-all Bad Feeling

PMS Symptoms

Poor Memory

Premature Aging

Puffy Eyes

Rashes

Respiratory Problems

Sensitivity (To Chemicals, Foods, Environment)

Shakiness

Skin (Aging)

Skin Rashes

Skin eruptions of various kinds

Suicidal tendencies

Throat (Congestion – frequently trying to clear your throat)

Thrush/Gum Receding

Thyroid (Hypo)

Ulcers

Vaginal Yeast (Infections)

Weakness (Especially on damp days or after bathing)

 

All these symptoms can intensify during “die off”.

 

 

Other Symptoms Include:

 

·       Symptoms worsen on damp days or after bathing.

 

·       Dry mouth or throat

·       Nasal itch and/or congestion

·       Ear sensitivity or fluid in ears

 

·       Tightness in chest

·       Respiratory Complications

 

·       Anti-social behavior

·       Mood swings

·       Nervous irritability

 

·       Persistent drowsiness / tired all the time

·       Lack of co-ordination / Loss of balance

 

·       Mucus in stools

·       Stool texture change

 

 

Who Can Get Candida Overgrowth?

 

Men, women and children can get Candidiasis. Babies can be born with it if the parents have it.

It can happen at any age.

It can occur in any racial origin.

It does occur more frequently in women (especially young women who tend to have more severe effects).

 

Candida symptoms fall into the following four main areas:

 

 

Gastrointestinal and Genito-urinary Symptoms

 

These include:

 

Bloating

Constipation

Diarrhea

Gas

Heartburn

Indigestion  

PMS

Prostitis

Sexual feelings (Loss of)

Vaginal burning and itching  

Vaginal discharge

Vaginitis  

Yeast infection (recurrent)

 

Allergic Symptoms

 

These symptoms usually occur with the passing of toxins into the bloodstream. These symptoms include:

 

Acne  

Bronchitis (recurrent)

Sensitivities to tobacco smoke, perfume, chemicals, foods, drinks and supplements

Coughing

Earaches

Hay fever

Headaches  

Hives

Nasal congestion  

Throat (sore and/or dry)  

 

·       A person can easily feel "sick all over".

·       You can have Asthma like symptoms that make it nearly impossible to breathe like an asthma attack, especially during “die off”.

·       There can be discomfort after eating anything.

·       You may have crawly, itchy and hot sensations throughout your skin.

·       A person can feel allergically out of control – like you are allergic to everything.

 

Malfunctioning Glandular and Organ Symptoms

 

These include:

 

ACTH deficiency

Chronic lymph problems, cystic-type

Thyroiditis

Diabetes mellitus

Hypothyroidism

Infertility

Menstrual problems

Ovarian failure

Tingling and numbness

Muscle pain

Muscle weakness  

Severe loss of strength and energy

 

Emotional and Mental Symptoms

 

These occur because of central nervous system involvement.

These include:

 

Acute aggravation

Brain fog

Confusion

Concentrate (Inability to)  

Depression (Can become very severe)

Drowsiness  

Fatigue  

Feelings of unreality  

Lack of proper coordination  

Irritability

Poor memory  

Highly sensitive in any emotional condition or response.

Temper (Short)

 

To most people this list can seem unreal. To others it can be intimidating. If you have Candida, it can finally put some rhyme and reason to the unreasonable and many medical complications you are experiencing. You are not crazy after all.

 

 

 

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