Candida overgrowth can be responsible for a large variety of symptoms, depending on how far it has spread throughout your body.
Yeast infections are the most common symptom of a Candida overgrowth. Yeast infections or thrush can affect the skin, mouth and any other part of the body, and can cause redness, burning, and itching. These obvious symptoms are not the only thing to look out for, since not everyone even develops skin problems with an overgrowth.
Some internal problems may be bloating, indigestion, and leaky gut syndrome, in which case the infection could be attributed to the intestinal area. However from the intestines the Candida can spread into the blood stream and move to any part of the body.
Once the Candida changes into its fungal form and spreads throughout the blood stream, you can expect to notice feelings of depression, anxiety, mood swings, and even memory loss.
On top of this you many start to develop allergies or become sensitive to petrol, smoke and perfume.
Unexplainable weight loss or gain can also be attributed a Candida overgrowth, and change in diet is needed to assist in controlling this problem.
Bad breath or halitosis can be a more serious problem, since it can affect you both physically and mentally, this can be attributed to an infection of the tongue, but also an intestinal infection.
Because of all these different warning signs, you really need to get tested by your doctor to find out for sure, but if you want to do a simple home test, you can try this spit test to get a good idea.
First thing when you get out of bed in the morning before you brush your teeth or eat, spit into glass of clear water, then leave it sit for up to half an hour. If within that time you notice the water turning cloudy, or the saliva developing strings or worse sinking straight to the bottom, chances are you have an overgrowth. You see healthy saliva should float on top of the water.
The spit test is good measure but it is not definite, a trip to the doctor is recommended. The other test you can do is the Candida questionnaire, since it is quite lengthy I will not include it here, but you can do a easy search on Google to find this test.
Yeast infections are the most common symptom of a Candida overgrowth. Yeast infections or thrush can affect the skin, mouth and any other part of the body, and can cause redness, burning, and itching. These obvious symptoms are not the only thing to look out for, since not everyone even develops skin problems with an overgrowth.
Some internal problems may be bloating, indigestion, and leaky gut syndrome, in which case the infection could be attributed to the intestinal area. However from the intestines the Candida can spread into the blood stream and move to any part of the body.
Once the Candida changes into its fungal form and spreads throughout the blood stream, you can expect to notice feelings of depression, anxiety, mood swings, and even memory loss.
On top of this you many start to develop allergies or become sensitive to petrol, smoke and perfume.
Unexplainable weight loss or gain can also be attributed a Candida overgrowth, and change in diet is needed to assist in controlling this problem.
Bad breath or halitosis can be a more serious problem, since it can affect you both physically and mentally, this can be attributed to an infection of the tongue, but also an intestinal infection.
Because of all these different warning signs, you really need to get tested by your doctor to find out for sure, but if you want to do a simple home test, you can try this spit test to get a good idea.
First thing when you get out of bed in the morning before you brush your teeth or eat, spit into glass of clear water, then leave it sit for up to half an hour. If within that time you notice the water turning cloudy, or the saliva developing strings or worse sinking straight to the bottom, chances are you have an overgrowth. You see healthy saliva should float on top of the water.
The spit test is good measure but it is not definite, a trip to the doctor is recommended. The other test you can do is the Candida questionnaire, since it is quite lengthy I will not include it here, but you can do a easy search on Google to find this test.
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