If you ... feel sick all over,
- have taken antibiotic drugs,
- have sought help from many different specialists,
- have taken birth control pills,
- are troubled by fatigue and/or muscle aches,
- are bothered by food sensitivities and/or digestive problems,
- crave sugar,
- sometimes feel spaced out,
- are bothered by depression and/or irritability
- are bothered by headaches
- are sensitive to tobacco smoke, perfume and other chemicals ...
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| Yeast Candida Symptoms |
Women between the ages of 20 and 55 are especially apt to develop yeast-related health problems. Common symptoms include:
- weight gain
- recurrent vaginal yeast infections
- recurrent urinary tract infections
- PMS
- vulvodynia (burning vulva)
- sexual dysfunction (loss of interest in sex or loss of orgasm)
- dyspareunia (painful intercourse)
- infertility
- endometriosis
- interstitial cystitis
Men and children also develop yeast-related health problems, and these are especially common in people who have taken many antibiotic drugs. Other complaints and illnesses that may sometimes be related to the common yeast, Candida albicans, include:
- numbness
- tingling
- multiple sclerosis
- Crohn's disease
- irritable bowel syndrome
- colitis
- rheumatoid arthritis
- myasthenia gravis
- eczema
- acne
- lupus erythematosus
- asthma
- sinusitis
- psoriasis
- chronic hives
In this blog, you'll find easy-to-read-and-understand explainations of yeast-related health problems and a step-by-step program that will help you overcome them.
Candida Questionnaire and Score Sheet
I have been impressed by the remarkable uniformity of the histories I have found in my patients with yeast-related problems.
While physical and laboratory examinations provide a physician with some of the clues that lead to a diagnosis, I've found that this questionnaire is perhaps my most valuable tool in finding a way to help patients who feel "sick all over."
This questionnaire is designed for adults and is not appropriate for children. Since your spouse, companion, friend or male relative may also be troubled by yeast-related problems, this questionnaire is designed for people of both sexes.
Section A focuses especially on factors in your medical history that promote the growth of Candida albicans.
Section B has a list of 23 symptoms usually present in people with these problems.
Section C consists of 33 other symptoms that are sometimes seen in people with yeast problems - and that are found in people with other disorders. Your total score on this questionnaire should help you and your physician evaluate the role Candida albicans plays in your problems. While it will not provide an automatic "yes" or "no" answer, it will provide some important clues.
SECTION A: HISTORY
- Have you taken tetracycline or other antibiotics for acne for one month (or longer)? Have you at any time in your life taken broad-spectrum antibiotics or other antibacterial medication for respiratory, urinary or other infections for two months or longer, or in shorter courses four or more times in a one-year period? ... (35)
- Have you, at any time in your life, taken broad-spectrum antibiotic or other antibacterial medication for respiratory, urinary or other infections for two months or longer, or in shorter courses four or more times in a one-year period? ... (35)
- Have you taken a broad-spectrum antibiotic drug - even in a single dose? ... (6)
- Have you, at any time in your life, been bothered by persistent prostatitis, vaginitis or other problems affecting your reproductive organs? ... (25)
- Are you bothered by memory or concentration problems - do you sometimes feel spaced out? ... (20)
- Do you feel "sick all over" yet, in spite of visits to many different physicians, the causes haven't been found? ... (20)
- Have you been pregnant ... two or more times? ... (5). One time? ... (3)
- Have you taken birth control pills ... For more than two years? ... (15) For six months to two years? ... (8)
- Have you taken steroids orally, by injection or inhalation ... for more than two weeks? ... (15) For two weeks or less? ... (6)
- Does exposure to perfumes, insecticides, fabric shop odors and other chemicals provoke ... Moderate to severe symptoms? ... (20) Mild symptoms? ... (5)
- Does tobacco smoke really bother you? ... (10)
- Are your symptoms worse on damp, muggy days or in moldy places? ... (20)
- Have you had athlete's foot, ringworm, "lock itch" or other chronic fungus infections of the skin or nails? Have such infections been ... Severe or persistent? ... (20). Mild to moderate? ... (10)
- Do you crave sugar? ... (10)
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| Yeast Candida Symptoms |
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