Fungal Overgrowth but not Invasive Candidiasis

Summary

This case involved a 46-year-old female who was overweight and had poor muscle tone. She presented originally with chronic, severe headaches They improved with pressure and with the use of prednisone. This issue began at age 25.

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History

The excessive weight gain began some six years earlier with accompanying hair loss, gum disease with bone loss and bleeding, an intolerance to heat, and irritability of an explosive nature. She was diagnosed with IBS some twenty four years earlier.

She had been diagnosed by MRI with arthritis of the cervical spine. She suffered from pain of lower back, hips, and knee, hemmoroids, dizziness, loose, sticky stool, skin rashes at folds, spots in the visual field, burning reflux, and luecorrhea. She was also diagnosed with cervical displasia, irregular and heavy menses, respiratory sighing, shortness of breath, sense of elevated body temperature, fatigue, sense of heat in head, insomnia, dry mouth, a sense of heaviness of the body, and stiffness of the neck and shoulders. She exhibited significant depression. She had a dry, maroon tongue with a red perimeter and her pulse was rapid (90) and weak.

 

Age

46

Gender

Female

Description of Results

The first page of the Organix profile below has elevations of markers for deficiency of CoQ10, thiamin, riboflavin, biotin, folate, and vitamin B12. Although these abnormalities present evidence for nutrient supply issues, there is nothing particularly unusual about the findings, and they do not offer explanation for the severity of symptoms in this case.

On the second page of the Organix report, the high sulfate with normal a-hydroxybutyrate and pyroglutamate indicates increased hepatic sulfation, and the flow of toxins from yeast is a potential initiator of this response.

The yeast-specific marker, D-arabinitol, is extremely elevated. Although the detailed studies of this condition have focused on immunocompromised individuals at high risk for severe invasive candidiasis, the extant data also shows that mucocutaneous candidiasis produces high levels of the marker.

Recommendations

She had been taking Topomax, amytriptylline, prednisone, and many supplements.

She is currently not taking any pharmaceuticals nor supplements. Her headaches, sleep, and emotional condition are all stabilized.

She was treated with some herbal compositions to stabilize the emotions, and to resolve the headaches.She followed up with an herbal composition to treat the digestive system and the bowels. She was also given a homeopathic drainage protocol to clear the Humoral aspect and a second homeopathic to treat the fungal condition.

B complex, CoQ10, essential minerals, and amino acids were also added  to her protocol.

Other Comments

Although one can not make a diagnosis of candidiasis from such a finding of urinary elevation, the evidence strongly suggests that yeast overgrowth is present. The flow of yeast products that must be detoxified places a burden on hepatic function that might be improved by sulfur amino acid intake. The resulting changes in intestinal microbial populations can contribute to the failure of biotin supply from bacterial synthesis. The usual approach to remediation is to add nutrient supplementation to overcome the insufficiencies and use antifungal approaches to reduce yeast populations.