Discover the Truth Behind Candida Symptoms
A Candida infection can cause all kinds of symptoms depending on where the infection has spread.
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.
You may also become sensitive to perfume, tobacco smoke and petrol, or develop allergies.
If you are experiencing unexplainable weight loss or even gain it may also be attributed to a Candida infection, but once you start the Candida diet, you should be able to control this.
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.
Obviously the spit test is not a definite result, but it is pretty accurate, I would suggest if you have any symptoms you still seek out a good doctor to test you. Of course there is also the Candida questionnaire you can find online by doing a simple search, it is much to lengthy to include in this short article.
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