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Endoscopy And Candida

Rebecca Madrid

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I have been reading a lot lately, and it seems as though my celiac symptoms may be related to chronic Candida infections in an unhappy place. I am going in for a biopsy in August after returning to gluten for the month of July. This is to test for Celiac, but I was wondering if an overgrowth of Candida would be visible to the gastroenterologist either during the endoscopy, or in the actual biopsy.

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I have been reading a lot lately, and it seems as though my celiac symptoms may be related to chronic Candida infections in an unhappy place. I am going in for a biopsy in August after returning to gluten for the month of July. This is to test for Celiac, but I was wondering if an overgrowth of Candida would be visible to the gastroenterologist either during the endoscopy, or in the actual biopsy.

Please help!! sad.gif

Probably not. I was diagnosed with candida (albicans) fungal overgrowth through a stool test which identifies the DNA and levels of yeasts, parasites and bacteria in my intestines. If you have vaginal candida or thrush (in the mouth), you may have symptoms which a doc can easily identify. However, intestinal candida infections will need to be diagnosed with stool tests by a lab which looks for bacteria, parasites or funguses in the intestines.

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I have been reading a lot lately, and it seems as though my celiac symptoms may be related to chronic Candida infections in an unhappy place. I am going in for a biopsy in August after returning to gluten for the month of July. This is to test for Celiac, but I was wondering if an overgrowth of Candida would be visible to the gastroenterologist either during the endoscopy, or in the actual biopsy.

Please help!! sad.gif

Tell me about it! I've been suffering from chronic yeast infections (the female kind) since I was 13 years old. There have been times that I've had yeast infections for months that just wouldn't go away, no matter how many yeast creams I used. Now I get one every few months or so. I don't know if the amount of sugar in my diet affects them (I am a real sweet tooth). There doesn't seem to be a clear pattern.

I'm also wondering if other people (both women and men) have had problems with multiple yeast infections (genital, mouth, etc) and if it is a symptom of Celiac?

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I had candida problems when I started on the high-power vitamin I take. A lot of people do, unfortunately. (I tried to get a grant to show the supplement was transiently immuno-suppressive but alas, no funding.) I took Threelac and did a round of Zand Candida Quickcleanse and the problems went away. I stayed on the Threelac for about three months, until my body found a new balance.

Sadly, Threelac is no longer considered safe. I got lucky, as I had fantastic results from it. You can take any good, gluten-free probiotic to help with yeast though. The idea is to combine a candida killing product with a probiotic, so the "good" bacteria can colonize as the candida dies off.

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Tell me about it! I've been suffering from chronic yeast infections (the female kind) since I was 13 years old. There have been times that I've had yeast infections for months that just wouldn't go away, no matter how many yeast creams I used. Now I get one every few months or so. I don't know if the amount of sugar in my diet affects them (I am a real sweet tooth). There doesn't seem to be a clear pattern.

I'm also wondering if other people (both women and men) have had problems with multiple yeast infections (genital, mouth, etc) and if it is a symptom of Celiac?

Yes, I do think it is related to Celiac. I have had a chronic yeast infection for the past year and a half that has refused to go away despite multiple treatments (pills and creams). Around the same time I started experiencing hair loss and other problems that I now believe have all been caused by Celiac.

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