r/Candida

Fasting seems to help my candida the most. Anytime I go without eating for 24-40 hours, I always wake up with a pink tongue. But I am worried as I haven’t done a fast that long and I don’t want to have issues re introducing food. So how to safely fast this long? And am I able to drink clove water and/or bone broth during it or just plain water? Is it recommended to take daily vitamins during the fast? Also worried about losing too much weight during this fast so if anybody has done this please let me know your experience.

I wanted to share this link and excerpt -

I always thought that my liver was simply overworked (had my fair share of drinking/parties in college), however candida slowly affects the liver - by producing toxins/mycotoxins , the waste products of yeast metabolism. Over time, overload causes persistent tiredness, brain fog, aches. The yeast overgrowth is literally brewing alcohol in the gut/body.

Eventually this is chronic fatigue - no matter how much sleep, the sleep is poor, patients also experience anxiety, irritability

“The fog, the forgetfulness – it’s not psychological. It’s biochemical.” 

Recovery Essentials

• support liver health with antioxidants like glutathione and vitamin C
• reduce alcohol and processed foods
• focus on lean proteins, healthy fats, and vegetables
• try gentle exercise to restore circulation and mood

Now I'm wondering if there is a link between MTHFR gene and Candida - if anyone has any insights/experience - thank you

I had to take antibiotics for a few weeks due to an unrelated health issue, and unfortunately this triggered a Candida infection in my stomach and esophagus/throat (based on symptoms and external exam). I was prescribed fluconazole for 14 days and followed a strict carb/sugar-free diet during that period. I’m currently entering week 3 of my recovery and slowly reintroducing food I used to be able to eat, while still taking probiotics and monitoring digestion.

Before this, my IBD was well managed with Simlandi (biosimilar for Humira/adalimumab), and I had virtually no symptoms for close to 3 years. Now I'm worried that this infection may trigger a flare up, or that it may take a while to heal fully.

Has anyone else had experienced something similar? How did you handle the transition without triggering a Crohn's flare?

P.S. Luckily, I happen to have a scheduled colonoscopy in 2 weeks, so I'll also discuss this with my GI.

Thanks!

Como estou curando e tratando minha balanite! Vou abordar os seguintes tópicos com o máximo de detalhes possível: Tipo de pênis; Quando começou; Sintomas; Tentativas de tratamento sem sucesso; Duração; O tratamento padrão que estou usando; Como estou hoje; Observações importantes; Dicas que podem ajudar.

TIPO DE PÊNIS:

Sou um homem não circuncidado. Meu pênis tem uma quantidade considerável de pele quando flácido, mas nunca tive nenhum grau de fimose. A retração sempre foi completamente normal para mim, 100% normal. Durante todo o processo de balanite, meu pênis desenvolveu apenas uma microfissura, e uma bem pequena.

QUANDO COMEÇOU:

Começou cerca de uma semana depois que tive relações sexuais com uma garota, embora não tenha havido penetração. O único ato sexual foi ela me masturbando. Algo que devo acrescentar é que foi uma masturbação muito intensa, e eu diria até dolorosa.

SINTOMAS:

• O primeiro sintoma que comecei a sentir foi coceira, que passou meio despercebida a princípio, já que tenho dermatite atópica e já havia tido crises de dermatite no meu pênis antes, mas na parte externa, então isso me confundiu bastante até que decidi investigar o que poderia ser.

• O segundo sintoma foi a produção de uma secreção branca que parece queijo cottage, e também quero fazer uma observação importante aqui: a cor dessa secreção era branca, não esverdeada ou amarelada.

Antes de falar sobre o terceiro sintoma, preciso mencionar que algo piorou a situação... Quando notei a secreção, pensei que fosse apenas falta de higiene (mesmo lavando o pênis sempre), então, por ignorância, decidi esfregar o pênis com muita força usando o sabonete que sempre uso para lavá-lo, como nunca antes... Resultado? Inchaço!

• O terceiro sintoma, como você provavelmente pode imaginar, foi um inchaço e vermelhidão intensos. Primeiro houve um inchaço enorme devido à esfregação forte e, depois de cerca de 3 ou 4 dias, o inchaço típico da balanite começou.

TENTATIVAS DE TRATAMENTO FRACASSADAS:

A primeira tentativa foi com pomada de clotrimazol, um antifúngico. Tentei esse tratamento por conta própria e usei por cerca de 16 dias. Não obtive nenhum resultado.

A segunda tentativa foi com Icacort, um esteroide combinado com um antifúngico, prescrito por um urologista que consultei pessoalmente. Ele ia prescrever um antifúngico oral, mas este tinha algumas interações medicamentosas com um medicamento que eu já tomava para outra coisa. Este tratamento funcionou enquanto eu o estava usando. O Icacort eliminou rapidamente a coceira intensa, o inchaço, a vermelhidão e a secreção, mas durante o tratamento causou uma forte mudança na cor original do meu pênis e, menos de 2 dias após interromper o medicamento, os sintomas já haviam retornado (coceira, secreção, vermelhidão, inchaço).

DURAÇÃO DA BALANITE:

Minha balanite durou, com altos e baixos, cerca de 45/50 dias desde o início dos sintomas, não desde o início do tratamento.

• Duas semanas sem tratamento.

• Duas semanas e meia com Clotrimazol.

• Duas semanas com Icacort.

O TRATAMENTO PADRÃO OURO:

Agora vamos ao que todos vocês querem saber...

O que você vai precisar: Sabonete líquido neutro para bebês; Água com 3% de ácido bórico; Algodão/gaze ou papel higiênico comum; Alho; Paciência; Resiliência;

Depois que meus sintomas voltaram quando parei de usar o Icacort, decidi começar este tratamento caseiro sem nenhum medicamento e, em menos de 2 dias, é realmente impressionante como meu pênis respondeu bem, praticamente tão bem quanto no início do tratamento com Icacort, mas sem a mudança de cor e sem usar nenhum medicamento.

Como fazer o tratamento:

(Primeira Etapa)

• Sabonete líquido neutro para bebês: Seu pênis provavelmente está irritado agora: inchado, vermelho, com coceira e com secreção. Nesta primeira etapa, você lavará o pênis de 3 a 4 vezes ao dia com o sabonete durante o banho. Puxe o prepúcio para trás o máximo que puder sem se machucar, não esfregue com muita força, apenas coloque o sabonete na mão, faça espuma e esfregue suavemente com uma força de cerca de 2/10 em toda a área do pênis: prepúcio, glande, abaixo da glande, etc. Enxágue muito bem com água morna ou em temperatura ambiente para que não reste nenhum resíduo de sabonete. Para enxaguar, use a mão para fazer uma espécie de pequena cascata para que a água flua suavemente sobre o pênis. Não se preocupe em remover a camada de secreção por enquanto, ela sairá com as lavagens. Lembre-se que estou falando de um pênis que não tinha fissura.

• Água com 3% de ácido bórico: Após lavar com sabonete líquido, seque o pênis com papel higiênico, dando leves batidinhas, sem esfregar, e certifique-se de que esteja bem seco. Com o pênis seco, puxe o prepúcio o máximo possível sem se machucar e despeje a água com ácido bórico sobre o pênis, sobre toda a área infectada, despeje bastante, sem algodão por enquanto. Nesta primeira etapa, é importante manter o prepúcio retraído até que toda a água com ácido bórico seque naturalmente. Por que não recomendo usar um secador de cabelo? Simplesmente porque com um secador de cabelo você o secará em 30 segundos, e sem um levará de 10 a 15 minutos para secar naturalmente enquanto você apenas o abana um pouco com a mão, e isso já dá ao seu pênis de 10 a 15 minutos para arejar, o que é ótimo. Seu pênis está de 80 a 90% seco? Agora você pode secar levemente com papel higiênico para garantir que esteja 100% seco. Pronto, você pode recolocar o prepúcio e vestir sua roupa íntima.

• Alho: Sinceramente, não sei o quanto o alho realmente ajuda, mas vi muitas pessoas recomendando em alguns fóruns e vídeos, dizendo que era milagroso. O alho tem ação antifúngica, então, enquanto tratamos a parte externa com sabão e água com ácido bórico, usaremos o alho para tratar a infecção interna. É simples: em jejum pela manhã, coma um dente de alho (um dente, não a cabeça inteira). A forma como você come fica a seu critério, seja mordendo-o inteiro ou cortando-o em pedaços pequenos e bebendo com água.

(Segunda Etapa) A segunda etapa ocorre por volta do segundo ou terceiro dia, quando seu pênis está mais calmo, cerca de 80% melhor.

• Aqui você lavará com o sabonete líquido 2 vezes ao dia e seguirá com o mesmo processo de água com ácido bórico.

• Continue consumindo o alho da mesma forma, todos os dias.

(Terceira Etapa)

Estou nesta etapa agora, por volta do quinto ou sexto dia, e meu pênis está 100% livre dos sintomas que mencionei nesta postagem. Ainda lavo 2 vezes com o sabonete líquido e a água com ácido bórico, mas nesta etapa já coloco a água com ácido bórico em um algodão, aplico no meu pênis e seco, sem demorar muito. Vou manter este tratamento por pelo menos 30 dias, talvez até mais. Talvez eu diminua a frequência da água com ácido bórico mais para frente, usando-a em dias alternados, e depois pare completamente. Se este tratamento me mantiver sem sintomas, não vejo problema em manter esta rotina. Na verdade, se você pensar bem, nesse ponto se torna basicamente apenas higiene básica do pênis.

O que ainda me incomoda?:

Meu pênis desenvolveu um pequeno anel não fibroso. Por que acho que não é fibroso? Porque é macio ao toque e também porque eu só tive uma microfissura. Pelo que observei, a fimose adquirida por balanite ocorre em 99% dos casos em pênis que tiveram muitas microfissuras por longos períodos que não cicatrizaram adequadamente. O prepúcio também ainda parece ter algum edema, o que significa que está um pouco espesso. Eu já consigo expor a glande 100%, mas não tão facilmente como antes. Acredito que voltará ao normal com o tempo. Li que a pele leva um tempo para regenerar o tecido e voltar ao normal, especialmente após 50 dias de inflamação. Então, se alguém já passou por isso e puder compartilhar como terminou nos comentários, seria interessante.

NOTAS IMPORTANTES:

• NÃO SE MASTURBE até que seu pênis esteja 100% normal. Eu diria pelo menos 30 dias após o desaparecimento completo dos sintomas. Seu pênis passou por muito estresse, a pele está frágil e cicatrizando. Ter ereções é inevitável, mas não se masturbe. E, claro, nada de sexo durante esse período.

• Sempre que urinar, seque o pênis completamente e, se possível, aplique água com ácido bórico em algodão/gaze ou papel higiênico, passe no pênis com a solução e seque novamente com papel.

• Meu pênis respondeu bem a esse tratamento, provavelmente porque era uma infecção fúngica por Candida.

• Não considere meu cronograma como uma regra; às vezes, seu pênis pode melhorar mais rápido ou demorar mais. Apenas preste atenção se está progredindo ou não.

DICAS QUE PODEM AJUDAR:

• Use cuecas de algodão.

• Não fique muito tempo com roupas de ginástica suadas.

• Quanto mais tempo a glande ficar exposta, melhor.

• Se você mora sozinho, andar nu, mesmo que a glande não esteja exposta, também ajuda.

• Como em qualquer problema de saúde, mantenha-se hidratado e alimente-se bem.

Bem, espero que isso possa ajudar alguém que esteja passando por esse problema!

F26, 5’9” 140lbs, Rx: 100mg lamotrigine, 20mg Adderall ER, 75mg Sertraline, 50mg Trazodone
Daily THC smoking, zero nicotine

I’ve had mild oral thrush only on my tongue for about two weeks now. Symptoms (white residue, pain, I can go on but it’s textbook candida) were strongest the first three days but since then have been incredibly tolerable. I know for a fact that it’s because I smoke and also sleep like a dead fish, I’m going to try some dry mouth solutions including cutting back on smoking. My father is a DDS, I sent him pics and asked for him to confirm my thoughts and call something in for me.

To summarize two weeks worth of him giving me the runaround, I ended up having to tell him exactly what I needed on the script just tell him to order it for me. I went with Nystatin Suspension, 5mL daily, swish and hold in mouth as long as possible then swallow, 3-4x daily. To be clear, I basically had to prescribe this to myself, so I appreciate any and all information regarding using the Nystatin Suspension 100000u/ml to treat oral thrush. I started taking it yesterday, that was the earliest I was able to get it thanks to my dentist.

My main question: how many days should I be taking this for? I thought my dad would put a duration but no such luck. I assumed two weeks but I’d like to make sure. Also, I can’t get this stuff down to save my life. I’m able to hold it in my mouth for a couple minutes fine, but every single time I try to swallow it, I gag it back up and almost choke on it. Any chance I can get away with just swishing it around and holding it for an extended amount of time and then spitting it out and not eating for 10-20 mins? The physical symptoms have been basically nonexistent besides the white residue for almost a week now, but I don’t want this getting worse, coming back, or spreading to other areas of my mouth/palate. I’ll take any and all info on this topic, thank you very much.

TLDR: doctors want me to take antibiotics for a sinus infection and I’m worried about getting oral thrush again.

Back in March, I went to urgent care because I had a super red, inflamed and painful ear. The doctor suspected I had a cartilage infection and put me on Keflex to treat it. The antibiotics didn’t touch it, so I followed up with an ENT and then my rheumatologist (I have rheumatoid arthritis) and was prescribed two rounds of steroids. Towards the end of my second round of steroids, I began to have a very sore throat and noticed little white dots on my tonsils. I went back to urgent care thinking I had strep — was tested for that and mono, both come back negative, and when I mentioned I had just been on antibiotics and steroids, the doctor put me on Nystatin for 7-14 days. (Also, my ear ended up clearing on its own. Wasn’t infected and still have no idea what happened)

I then did the Nystatin rinse and swallow for 2 weeks and felt better. Two weeks later, my ENT said thrush was back. I did clotrimazole lozenges for 10 days, went back to ENT and still had a bit on my tongue. Did another round of lozenges for 14 days and have been “clear” of thrush for about a month now. I’ve been rechecked several times in the last month by two ENTs because I’ve developed other symptoms over the last three months (dry mouth, chronic post nasal drip, and nearly constant globus sensation).

This week during one of my scopes, my ENT saw that I have yellow mucus around my adenoids. I’ve also been having pressure in my left maxillary sinus and feeling generally rundown (though I have been since this whole thing started in March). She wants me to take an antibiotic (doxycycline for 10 days). I expressed my concern with this and getting oral thrush again and she said that it’s more likely my oral thrush was caused by being on steroids back to back after antibiotics. She prescribed me a nystatin rinse to have on hand but didn’t want me to take it prophylactically because she doesn’t necessarily think I’ll need it.

I’m really concerned about taking antibiotics yet again — my stomach has been messed up for months and I’m concerned I might have SIBO or just general dysbiosis and I know antibiotics won’t help that, plus the idea of going through treating oral thrush gives me so much anxiety. But I also don’t want to mess with a sinus infection if it’s truly bacterial.

Has anyone else been through a situation like this? It’s so hard to know what to do and I feel like I’m damned if I do, damned if I don’t. Desperate to get my life back!

how long did it take you too feel better. more energy, lifted depression. brain came back

I loved how red my tongue was, but it seems my happiness was short-lived.

Does anyone know what I should do now if I wanna get rid of it permanently?

If I buy Nystatin again, it will just come back. I am now trying a low-carb diet, along with licorice root brew rinses, but those two are not exactly game changers.

In my guess, I need to combine nystatin with something, but I don't know what that something is. Some other medicine? Nystatin clearly helps but it's also missing something since a recurrence happened.

I did an Ombre microbiome test a year ago (after traveling and dealing with some dysbiosis) and these were my results:

• Bifidobacterium: 0.1% of total bacteria — very low. This genus is one of the main groups thought to compete with and help keep opportunistic fungi/pathobionts in check.
• Lactobacillus: 1.4% — also on the low side for what's often considered a healthy range.
• Akkermansia: 0.6% — low. This one is tied to gut lining/mucosal health.
• Bacteroides (30.8%) and Prevotella (28.7%) together make up about 60% of your entire bacterial population — extremely dominant, which is a very lopsided ratio.
• Firmicutes came in around 37% vs Bacteroidetes ~61% at the phylum level, another sign of an atypical balance.
• Beneficial short-chain-fatty-acid producers like Faecalibacterium (6.5%) and Roseburia (0.7%) are present but modest relative to the Bacteroides/Prevotella dominance.

Despite eating a primarily raw vegan low fat fruit based diet for the past few years, I still deal with candida overgrowth (don't come at me with fruit feeding candida - i haven't dealt with issues unless i'm eating more fat)...

My symptoms:

- bumps all over back and chest

- rashes sometimes if it gets bad

- yeast infections if I eat sauerkraut, coconut aminos etc.

I'm thinking the missing key is my imbalanced gut microbiome. thoughts?

Hello everyone I hope you all good, today I want to talk about something very important which is called fungemia ( fungal infection in the blood stream ) it can be caused by many types of fungals such as Candida, aspergillus, Cryptococcus, Saccharomyces and Trichosporon.

Most of us in here focusing only on GI map stool test and that’s a big problem, because if there is infection in the blood there will be no benefits from treating the gut alone, the infection will keep coming back from the blood.

My advice to you all go and ask for fungemia blood test to make sure at least that your blood is clean and this is the most important test in my opinion. It must be done before stool test or GI map test.

I do believe that’s why most cases not responding to some medicines or responding and improving for short time then everything comes back again.

I've had a couple of rough years wearing me down. I know that bile provoking foods are keeping me from feeling better, but I'm really addicted to dark cacao and because it has tons of fiber usually I don't feel much worse if I have it with a few carbs and bifidus yogurt, but it keeps me from getting better. I'm really craving that dopamine and I never seem to get around it. It's really frustrating because I can lower my sugar, I can somewhat lower my fat (this is also a struggle), but dark cacao is such an important self soothing food that I can't get past it. I feel like my baseline anxiety would go up for a few weeks and I can't handle it.

Anyone has any advice for this issue?

edit: i found that there's a sub specifically dedicated to food addiction for people who have issues with diet restrictions. i'm not sure whether i'm allowed to advertise it here. it's not hard to find it though. just wanted to put that out there.

Everybody keeps asking for my protocol and here it is, this is basically what I used to heal from mold, gut issues, heavy metals. Parasites and a few other related issues.

(I still have a chronic sinus infection which requires surgery to widen my sinuses pathways to resolve but this infection happened from corrective jaw surgery, not from mold. I’m healed from mold), some asked if I’m healed fully, and the answer is yes I am from mold but not fully healed overall due to this infection which is unrelated.

I have many different versions of essentially the same protocol made specific for each person’s circumstances. This is probably not the most optimized version “for you” it varies a little bit for each person, I never got around to fully optimizing it overall.

Again use this at your own discretion, this protocol was not built “For you” necessarily it’s just what worked for me and other clients I had with some variations of course.

I’m just sharing because I’m tired of needing to email it to each individual and people keep asking for it.

If you don’t agree with it, cool, keep your opinions to yourself, because again it wasn’t built for you specifically!

Take what works, what you feel you benefit from, what you believe can help you or just jump all the way in, it’s up to each and every single one of you to find and figure out what will heal you, hopefully the protocol provides some guidance and if it doesn’t that’s fine too, and move on. Don’t really care for critiques.

Again, I’m just posting it here for others to see and take what they want and leave the rest.

If you’re going to play with the EDTA then make sure you (remineralize and replenish your electrolytes as shown in the protocol); It strips them and it’s not to be taken lightly. If you add EDTA to the sinus rinses then it’s not a concern and for sinus rinses actually just regular Disodium EDTA is better for that but if internal it should be calcium EDTA.

Best of luck on healing.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gDGVdrfR2xs0gI58fENcHbQ9sYj_2yi_/view?usp=drive_open

Also FYI on Liver flushes, they are not to be taken lightly, sometimes they can cause a greater liver block if not prepared properly and steps aren’t followed correctly. Please make sure to research them before attempting a liver flush.

I've experimented with removing all overt fats while eating as much fruit as I want, and my candida has subsided. Fat keeps sugar in the bloodstream longer so removing it for a short period of time allows the candida to rebalance.

This shows that the anti candida diet with no fruit is absolutely unnecessary. Processed sugar, starches, and high fat are the problem. Plus the fruit actually cleanses the body. Give it a try!

Hey guys, did anyone try anything that worked for the white coated tongue? I believe my bb comes from there( Coated tongue and biofilm) and would really like to get rid of it.

Please help!!!!!

I went in for an exam with my OB she said it looked like I have a yeast infection. She prescribed 3 doses of 150 flucanazole. She knows im 13 weeks pregnant, she did an ultrasound. Everything I see online advises not too take it as its associated with miscarriage risks & heart conditions. Im so conflicted because I feel horrible but also don’t want to risk my baby. Have any of you taken flucanazole while pregnant and baby is ok?

Llevo desde febrero con esta terrible infección, mis síntomas siempre han sido picazón ocasional/ al roce y muy pocos grumitos en mi flujo es más la incomodidad de la picazón (que no es insoportable)
He tomado fluconazol, fluomizin, aceite de coco y voy en mi segunda semana de ácido bórico y sigo teniendo la incomodidad de la picazón
Quiero saber cómo curaron la glabrata? No cuento con seguro médico para hacer las transfusiones por vía intravenosa….

Hello everyone I hope you all doing well, last week I went to a new doctor and he prescribed for me Alka- Ur, it’s a powder used to treat urinary tract infections, high blood and kidneys acidity, also stomach and gut issues.

It’s working very well I used to have skin issues such as dermatitis, itchy skin and scalp also gut issues such as food allergies and intolerance. Now on my second day and I feel my mood, skin and gut is much better I think because it’s getting rid of the harmful microbes bacteria and fungal from my gut, kidneys and urinary tract.

I highly recommend it mix 2 sachets in a glass of water on empty stomach when you wake up and wait at least 1 hour before eating for 2 weeks at least.