Disseminated Candidiasis

[Kritters]

Originally Posted by Sadsack

From the article you posted:

"Unless rapidly diagnosed and treated, it is usually fatal"

How long have you had disseminated candidiasis?

Was this post intended for me?

As I said in my initial post, I believe I have disseminated candidiasis. I definitely tested for an overload, although it wasn't specific. I am going back to my doctor to ask for the specific test. I'm starting on the MMS right away, because I doubt it is known how long one crosses the tipping point from "severe candidiasis" to "disseminated candidiasis", or from 'disseminated candidiasis' to DEATH, or from what point when a person has it must it be rapidly diagnosed and treated... so no moss (or fungus ;-) will gather in my toes until I'm diagnosed either way. Also, either way, I'll get rid of the overload.

I'm also assuming that all the naturopathic remedies I take on a regular basis as well as having a good diet have worked in my favor thus far.

Short answer: I have no idea if or how long I've had it.

[Kritters]

Originally Posted by cynical

Hi Kritts,

I was tested for it long time ago when I had fibromyalgia. Came back high positive. I took antifungals for a month that is one of the things I believe stopped the pain I was having then. Have not been retested since this began though. I was the one that requested it back then. Luckily I had a doctor that believed and understood Candida. No doubt that is part of my problem now amoung the mold in my house as well. I'm trying something soon that is suppose to fight Candida amoung other things. If it doesn't work I will give the MMS a try. Good idea on starting a thread for testing on it Kritts!

Hey Cin!

I just started the poll (as you can see) and added Aspergillus and heavy metals.

I sure hope you get rid of the mold in your home, Cin.....please have it remediated or you'll probably get re-infected. When I think back on my home that got mold ALL OVER in August when the humidity began, I just shudder and shake my head at how stupid I was not realizing the danger, and only using ceiling fans, which just whipped those little sucker spores right up my nose, I'm sure.

xoKritts

[gigi22]

Originally Posted by Kritters

Gigi,

You know, I did try much of that you guys listed above, but nothing continuously and that is key, I believe. I had intravenous vitamin C, intravenous hydrogen peroxide and intravenous chelation. I should have continued with that, but didn't as it was never stressed to me that I had CANDIDA (they didn't know then...2 years ago).

MMS accomplishes both killing candida and also chelates heavy metals. I started today and felt nothing with just one drop so I'm going to increase. I guess it's when you get up in the drops it begins to taste nasty cuz it's been fine so far.

Looking forward to results.

BTW I didn't know that heavy metals and candida go hand and hand. That makes perfect sense. I am overloaded with the metals and when babies get candida (diaper rash) it's probably after vaccinations that have mercury and aluminum.

Kritts

Kritts -

Another thing I have just recently learned is that candida overgrowth can hurt the lining of the intestinal tract and cause "leaky gut". This is how food intolerances/allergies are started. Symptoms can be mistaken for candida itself and a whole mess of other things. It can cause migraines, bloating, muscle pain, anxiety, skin problems, etc. The food intolerances actually cause the immune system to react as if the food is a foreign invader. It keeps the immune system busy. In my case, I had severe skin rashes.. I also have low pancreatic enzyme output.. and in addition to candida, I have an overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria and fungus in my gut. All of these gut problems are causing me mineral deficiencies because it's preventing me from absorbing enough minerals and vitamins from supplements and foods. I need the minerals to heal and detox and fight infection.. it's a vicious cycle!!

Anyway... one thing you may want to look into is food intolerances/leaky gut. I had an ALCAT test done, and it identified over 70 foods that I am intolerant of! By taking these foods out of my diet, my skin and other symptoms have vastly improved! I have a long way to go to get myself healthy, but at least I know better what's going on. I hope this helps you in some way...!!

[Kritters]

Gigi,
What great information...thanks so much! You know, I was thinking of leaky gut, too. I wouldn't be surprised at all. Maybe that's what is causing the largeness of my abdomen.

What's an ALCAT test? I might have had one. My doctor told me I am allergic to pineapple, milk, and (too tired 2 think...some herb..I'll get back to you tomorrow on it) but wow, I wonder how all those years I drank tons of milk, ate ice cream and cheese (I could live on the cheese...sadly) I wasn't sick?

You're allergic to 70 foods? :yikes: I might have had the wrong test.

I've been meaning to get back to bioset to be tested for food allergies. So many tests...so little time.

Thanks again,
Kritts

[gigi22]

Originally Posted by Kritters

Gigi,
What great information...thanks so much! You know, I was thinking of leaky gut, too. I wouldn't be surprised at all. Maybe that's what is causing the largeness of my abdomen.

What's an ALCAT test? I might have had one. My doctor told me I am allergic to pineapple, milk, and (too tired 2 think...some herb..I'll get back to you tomorrow on it) but wow, I wonder how all those years I drank tons of milk, ate ice cream and cheese (I could live on the cheese...sadly) I wasn't sick?

You're allergic to 70 foods? :yikes: I might have had the wrong test.

I've been meaning to get back to bioset to be tested for food allergies. So many tests...so little time.

Thanks again,
Kritts

Kritts -

There are different tests out there I'm sure, but a food intolerance is a little different from an allergy. Here is a short description of the ALCAT testing from their website:

"The ALCAT Test differs from other food allergy or intolerance tests as it accurately and objectively measures leukocyte cellular reactivity in whole blood, which is a final common pathway of all mechanisms. The test utilizes electronic, state of the art, hematological instrumentation. Standard allergy tests, such as skin testing or RAST are not accurate for delayed type reactions to foods and chemicals. They measure only a single mechanism, such as the effect of mast cell release of histamine or the presence of allergen specific IgE molecules. Delayed reactions to foods and chemicals are NOT IgE mediated.

The ALCAT Test also differs from standard IgG tests in that they rely exclusively on one immune pathway, serum levels of immunoglobulin G (IgG). In fact, high food specific IgG titers are indicative only of exposure, not necessarily intolerance.

The ALCAT Test reproducibly measures the final common pathway of all pathogenic mechanism; whether immune, non-immune, or toxic. It is the only test shown to correlate with clinical symptoms by double blind oral challenges, the gold standard."

https://www.alcat.com/

The one problem with this test though, is that it is not typically covered by insurance and can be quite expensive. The nice thing about it is that you KNOW what foods are causing an immune response so you can cut them out without trying to find out through an elimination diet.

Maybe bioset could substitute? I don't know enough about that.. it would be great if you could report back on that...

As the gut heals, the food intolerances should decrease. We can heal the gut by descreasing the infections in the gut (parasites/yeast/bad bacteria), increasing our good flora, and healing the GI tract with nutrients (glutamine, vitamin C, etc).

I'm ready to start more serious chelation, as I got the results for my metal challenge test, and surprise, surprise... I have a heavy metal burden...! Sounds like you and I have some similar issues!

I hope this info helps you! I've learned a lot through my doc.

[cynical]

Malassizia Fungus

I only re posted this because there are similar things in the two yeast.

This was one thing I had forgotten and I am now powering.

Bifidobacterium is the true anti-candida. Candida lives happily right next to Acidophilus. spelling may be incorrect lol.

[Kritters]

Originally Posted by gigi22

Kritts -

There are different tests out there I'm sure, but a food intolerance is a little different from an allergy. Here is a short description of the ALCAT testing from their website:

"The ALCAT Test differs from other food allergy or intolerance tests as it accurately and objectively measures leukocyte cellular reactivity in whole blood, which is a final common pathway of all mechanisms. The test utilizes electronic, state of the art, hematological instrumentation. Standard allergy tests, such as skin testing or RAST are not accurate for delayed type reactions to foods and chemicals. They measure only a single mechanism, such as the effect of mast cell release of histamine or the presence of allergen specific IgE molecules. Delayed reactions to foods and chemicals are NOT IgE mediated.

The ALCAT Test also differs from standard IgG tests in that they rely exclusively on one immune pathway, serum levels of immunoglobulin G (IgG). In fact, high food specific IgG titers are indicative only of exposure, not necessarily intolerance.

The ALCAT Test reproducibly measures the final common pathway of all pathogenic mechanism; whether immune, non-immune, or toxic. It is the only test shown to correlate with clinical symptoms by double blind oral challenges, the gold standard."

https://www.alcat.com/

The one problem with this test though, is that it is not typically covered by insurance and can be quite expensive. The nice thing about it is that you KNOW what foods are causing an immune response so you can cut them out without trying to find out through an elimination diet.

Maybe bioset could substitute? I don't know enough about that.. it would be great if you could report back on that...

As the gut heals, the food intolerances should decrease. We can heal the gut by descreasing the infections in the gut (parasites/yeast/bad bacteria), increasing our good flora, and healing the GI tract with nutrients (glutamine, vitamin C, etc).

I'm ready to start more serious chelation, as I got the results for my metal challenge test, and surprise, surprise... I have a heavy metal burden...! Sounds like you and I have some similar issues!

I hope this info helps you! I've learned a lot through my doc.

Gigi~
This is SUCH productive information for this thread and my knowledge! Your doctor is the one who ordered that test? What kind of doctor is he/she? You lucked out, for sure.

I looked at the website briefly and will get into it later. I noticed on the left side where there are true stories, a little girl was either sensitive to or allergic to beef, apples, grapes, and something else. I'd will bet it's the pesticides she is reacting to, wouldn't you? Or maybe they don't actually test the thing she's actually eating (duh) ....No little micro-scientist in her stomach with a clip-board taking notes LOL. (sometimes I scare myself). So, since it's a little more scientific than that, I wonder what those foods might have in common...or not...I'll read the information.

Again, thanks so much for all of this very relative information. I hope we can both get healed very soon!

xoKritts

[cynical]

Hi Kritts,

I was tired when I posted last night sorry I did not mention why I posted it.
Food allergies can be brought on by leaky gut syndrome. Getting rid of the Candida in the intestines will also help alleviate many of the food allergies as it has a lot to do with the leaky gut starts to begin with.

The Bifodobacterium is the recommended beneficial bacteria something I had forgotten. Sorry if it looked like I was off topic.

Very good info on the testing Gigi I was reading about this type of test last summer but could not go forward with it do to money situations at the time.

I have a lot more food and environmental intolerance's then I use to. My most resent aggravation is increased bladder infection like issues. They also can be caused by food allergies, dye, bacteria and yeast.

Were did you order the MMS from Kritts?

Cyn

[Kritters]

I awakened with a Google thought. Candida experimentation. This first piece of information I found made me realize that most of us view organisms in very limited categories as a rule. Kind of like a coloring book. Let's color the candida virus a dark purple, boys and girls. Tomorrow we'll color the cold virus blue.

In fact, although we all realize we are not biologists, we've been led to think of basic groups of pathogens as virus or bacteria. Hardly a mention of fungi, let alone candida by the medical doctors. Just give them a prescription for an antibiotic. I even once had a friend who is a nurse practitioner tell me (very condescendingly) that candida is all over our skin all the time. Meaning, you silly woman...candida isn't going to hurt you.

This and other articles I've posted on Candida expresses just how pathogenic Candida albicans really is, as well as how many different strains it has. If biologists are working on this, we have to know how serious it can be. This is a Pandora's box.
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INSTITUTE FOR CANDIDA EXPERIMENTATION


The Physical map of Candida Albicans
The completion of the 10.9x sequence of the Candida albicans genome (Jones, et al. 2004. PNAS 101:7329-7334) and its annotation (Braun, et al. 2005. PloS Genetics 1: 37-57), has provided Candida researchers with important tools for the analysis of this important human pathogen. However, since the sequence was not completely finished and there is no genetic map, ordering and assignment to chromosomes of contigs and their genes was impossible without a physical map. The extensive heterozygosity found in strain SC5314, whose genome was sequenced, may have important biological consequences. In order to provide information and tools to address these needs and problems, a physical map, based on a fosmid library, was used in conjunction with a new assembly, Assembly 20, based on bioinformatics, to provide completed sequence for most chromosomes. The Assembly was confirmed using an Optical Map (OpGen, Madison, WI). Assembly 20 was created at the Biotechnical Research Institute of the National Research Institute of Canada in Montreal. A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) map, based on Assembly 19 of the genome, is available. The Assembly 20 contigs are available at the Candida Genome Database (CGD) (The Candida Genome Database).

ICE (the Institute for Candida Experimentation) at the University of Minnesota is an informal group of geneticists and cell biologists who work on Candida albicans.

The Physical map of Candida Albicans
Single nucleotide markers are essential tools to study a variety of properties and processes in organisms, such as recombination, chromosomal dynamics, genome rearrangement, and the genetic relatedness between individuals. We developed a genome-wide SNP map for Candida albicans to study recombination as a genome-wide process. This map will also be a valuable tool to study population genetics, relationships of strains, and transmission genetics. Furthermore, heterozygosity can also be exploited to unravel processes contributing to the diversity and plasticity of the C. albicans genome. We defined a SNP marker as a small PCR product ranging in size between 100 and 400 bp and containing at least one single nucleotide polymorphism.

Caption: Karyotypes of four strains of Candida albicans.


Kritters

[Kritters]

Quintessence Publishing

I think I'm going to get my doc to just order me some fluconazole.

Kritts