Understanding Oral Yeast Infections And Thrush So You Can Get Rid of It for Good

Candida and other fungi are responsible for oral yeast infections known as thrush, which cause raised white curd-like patches that may have red borders on the tongue and can infect other mucous-membrane surfaces in the mouth. Scraping can remove these white patches, leaving a bleeding, painful surface.

Thrush also seems to be linked to a defect in the white blood cells or a confirmed low white blood cell count. Low IgA immunoglobulin counts are also highly suspect since this is the immunoglobulin responsible for the defense of the mucousal linings in the body. IgA deficiency is also the most common immune system deficiency seen in humans, and it is also for life. I suspect this is one of the primary causes of oral yeast infections and all yeast infections in general. This is after all an immune system condition.

Yeast is present in all human bodies and is kept under control by the beneficial bacteria in our digestive systems. These beneficial bacteria by keeping yeast under control force yeast to make vitamins for our body such as the B complex. When the healthy intestinal balance of bacteria becomes altered, yeast can then grow and mutate to a fungal form known as Candida that releases toxins into the body. These powerful toxins known as mycotoxins can systematically attack different areas of the body creating disease and weakening the immune system. This allows the yeast infection to spread to other parts of the body, such as thrush in the mouth. Please see Systemic report to your left for additional information.

Other types of oral yeast infections besides thrush are a white-coated tongue which is usually present with bad breath. Look in the mirror with your tongue stuck out, if it is coated with a white film, chances are you have an oral yeast infection. This can be verified with a simple home test although not 100% accurate, or a culture can be performed by your doctor.

The very first thing when you wake up in the morning, before you have a coffee, brush your teeth, have a glass of water, or before you go to the bathroom. Take a glass of water, that you had placed next to your bed the night before, work up some spit, and spit into the water.

The reason why this must be done right away is as you sleep, the fungus will travel up your esophagus into your mouth and sometimes lungs. This is also a reason why most respiratory infections are fungal related and not bacterial. If you wake up and go about your business, like take a shower, you are swallowing the yeast back down into the stomach. If you take the spit test after your shower but before you brush your teeth, or anything, you will not get a correct diagnosis.

Now over the course of the next fifteen minutes watch the glass of water. If your spit just kind of dissolves and dissipates in the water, you do not have a candida infection.

If on the other hand it becomes cloudy, has fingers and strings, is spider webby, or sinks to the bottom, you may have a candida fungus infection. If after a half hour there is brown sediment in the bottom of the glass, you have parasites also, which must be dealt with first before you can deal with the infection. It will be very noticeable and usually is apparent in the first 5 minutes, so don't worry about being unsure if you have it or not.

I highly recommend you under go the entire yeast infection treatment system. Yeast infections are extremely hard to get rid of and it is best to get rid of all of it at the same time.

One of the newest products I have recently discovered is Candidate, which is an herbal product that contains pau d'arco that is medically extracted in a tincture form. Laboratory tests have demonstrated that pau d'arco's anti-fungal properties are as potent as ketoconazole. It also contains lemon grass and Calendula officinalis, which are proven anti-fungals that stimulate the immune system, repair the lining in the intestine, and are very good for the liver.

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