Intestinal Yeast Infection
It is actually not as simple to treat an intestinal yeast infection as it is to treat a vaginal one. The latter has over the counter treatments, creams and suppositories which are mostly effective. However antifungal drugs are not the way to solve an intestinal yeast infection.
Usually when sufferers believe they have an intestinal yeast infection they try oral anti fungal treatments to get rid of it. But the problem with that option is that those drugs kill all the bacteria in the intestines, good and bad, and you don’t want the good killed as it fights the yeast infection. By killing the good ones too, the drugs have created an ideal environment for the yeast infection to grow and spread. Those drugs also sometimes weaken people’s immune systems making your body less effective at fighting the infection.
The balance must be kept between good and bad bacteria. The intestines need good bacteria to help fight the Candida yeast. When the balance has been disturbed and has gone in favor of the Candida fungus the yeast infection is harder to treat. If you do not treat the infection as soon as you recognize it it can become a reoccurring problem and if left long enough can get into the blood and attack internal organs.
It is important to have a healthy immune system and medications like antibiotics weaken it. So with a weakened immune system and no good bacteria the yeast infection can have a party in there! In fact antibiotics are one of the biggest causes of yeast infections.
In order to treat a yeast infection you need to do it naturally and with lifestyle changes. Without the lifestyle changes you won’t get rid of the infection for good. If you are sick and are taking long term prescripted medication you may find the yeast infection takes longer to cure as your immune system is permanently lowered. Stop eating foods that feed the yeast like sugar, alcohol, processed foods and flour, yeast products and coffee.
By using a natural approach to the infection not only will you get rid of it and regain the good bacteria you lost you will also find that any damage caused by the mutated Candida fungus will be fixed.
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