Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Treatment For Candida Albicans - What Do We Know

By Doc Walton

We often ask ourselves what treatment works best for Candida albicans. The treatment for Candida albicans is based on many factors that will impact the type of medication that is most effective.

Candida has another name, monilia. monilia is a kind of fungus which lives on the skin or within the mucous membranes like the vagina, mouth or rectum. This fungus can be transferred by the blood vessels to other organs and can cause damage to the heart, throat and intestines. There are many typical symptoms caused by Candida for example fatigue.

The method that naturopathic doctors use to detect Candida is very simple. He will assess your symptoms and do a test to check the amount of fungus in your body. Using a microscope, the doctor can easily detect fungus. He may also take a little bit of scrapings and smears from the skin and membranes to use as samples for the test. The result is almost immediate. Occasionally, the doctor also needs to assess the concentration of pH in the stomach for any clues of abnormality.

If you have this condition, it is highly important that you treat Candida albicans as soon as possible to prevent further complications.If you delay for too long, you may have suffer from further complications which make treatment a more difficult task.

There are many treatments you can use to cure Candida albicans, depending on your physical condition. The doctor will check to see what type of treatment best suites you.

Topical cures for Candida albicans: This is by far the most prevalent method. The doctor will use antifungal drugs in this Candida albicans cure. These drugs include oral administration or nystatin of medications like fluconazole (Diflucan) and amphotericin B, clotrimazole (Femizole-7, Gyne-Lotrimin), miconazole, tioconazole (Vagistat Vaginal). This treatment can be used for any kinds of Candidiasis ranging from mild to moderate.

Oral Candida Treatments: Azole drugs have been used for many years as a cure for Candidiasis. These drugs include fluconazole (Diflucan), Ketoconazole (Nizoral) and Itraconazole (Sporanox).

Probiotic supplements: The use of acidophilus capsules has been proven to successfully cure the disease. The good bacteria these supplements contain will aggressively kill the fungus and also prevent it from growing.

Herbals: this kind of Candidiasis cure has been around for thousands of years, probable from the Middle Ages. Some common types of herbals can be used to treat Candidiasis include garlic, apple cider vinegar and goldenseal.

Remember that you should keep a healthy diet especially during treatment and preferably follow the anti Candida diet. You should stay away from refined carbohydrates like sugar and flour products so that the treatment period can be accelerated. After being consumed, refined carbohydrates will become food for the fungus which further helps the Candida to colonize within your digestive tract. Therefore, you should avoid refined carbohydrates during treatment.

The choice of treatment for Candida albicans depends very much on your body condition and the extent of your condition. What is important in the treatment procedure is that you must totally follow through with the treatment including following the proper diet and hygiene. Moreover, you have to keep your skin clean, dry and free from abrasions so that the disease has no means to get more severe. Studies also show that eating yogurt everyday will increase the amount of friendly bacteria in the vaginal area and rectum which will reduce the risk of Candida infection to a great extent.

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