Author: Eric Bakker

Hi there, Eric Bakker, naturopath, author of Candida Crusher. Another question.

Burning urination, is it caused by a Candida yeast infection?

It could well be. I’ve associated many cases of burning urination with yeast infections. Dysuria or burning urination can be as a consequence of a urinary tract infection more commonly, which could be bacterial in origin. So the smartest thing for you to do would be to go to your doctor and go and get checked out. Have a urine test first to see what organisms are present there in the urine to see if it can be cultured, whether it’s bacterial or yeast. A smear test may also be quite appropriate in this case. So there could be various things involved in burning urination, but you need to get checked out if it’s recurring.

Burning urination, drink more water. Make up a nice tea from some real cranberries instead of that drink that you buy full of sugar. These are clever things to do with dysuria.

So to answer your question, is it yeast? Get checked out first. Make sure what you’re dealing with, whether it’s bacterial or fungal, and that will give you a good idea on what to treat once you’ve got your results back. Generally if these problems are acute and don’t occur too often and are self-limiting, you can treat them at home. But if you have recurrent burning urination, then you’ll certainly need a treatment.

My book, Candida Crusher, explains a lot more about treatments which are going to help you considerably with various urinary disorders. So certainly get a copy and have a look.

So I hope that answers your question. Get checked out first and I’m going to do some other YouTube clips on what to do with situations like burning urination. Thank you.

Good day, Eric Bakker here again with another question, a frequently asked question regarding yeast infections.

Does yeast infection cause swollen lymph nodes?

Swollen lymph nodes are a result of a problem with your immune system. There could be many reasons why you have swollen lymph nodes, and where you have the swollen lymph nodes. A common place is the cervical lymph nodes around the neck. You can also have swollen lymph nodes in the groin, around the armpits, so there’s various areas where you can commonly get them. Cervical ones are quite common with people.

My questions to you would be do you get night sweats with these swollen lymph nodes? Do you have altered appetite or weight loss? First thing that you would do is to get a blood test done. Have a complete blood count and have all the white cell parameters, in particular, to see if there’s any infectious disease going on.

Swollen lymph nodes can also commonly occur with food allergies, I’ve noticed. Food intolerances or food allergies can occur there. Whenever you’ve got a weakened immune system, you’re going to be more prone to a yeast infection. I would not believe that a yeast infection directly causes swollen lymph nodes, but they would occur as a secondary consequence to a weakened immunity.

Swollen lymph nodes need checking out. There could be many different types of problems. You could’ve picked up an acute herpes problem. It could be something even like Leukemia, so it’s very important for you, particularly if it’s a recurring problem, you’ve had it for a long time, is to get checked out carefully by your doctor for swollen lymph nodes to see exactly what this problem is.

In many cases, however, these things are self-limiting and acute and they disappear. I’ve seen it occur with bee stings. I’ve seen it occur with food allergies. So, you know, get checked out first and don’t get too worried unless you’ve had a problem with this for many years. These things often occur.

So to answer your question, I don’t think it causes swollen lymph nodes as such, but there may well be a relationship between them both.

Thank you for your question.

Good day, Eric Bakker, naturopath, author of Candida Crusher. Another frequently asked question.

Can I get a yeast infection from trying on bathing suits at my department store?

That’s quite an amazing question to ask. Why would you think you would get a yeast infection doing this? You shouldn’t really get a yeast infection doing this kind of thing. And again, if in doubt, make sure, obviously, that you take proper precautions. I take it that you’re going to try on a bathing suit wearing at least some cotton underclothing. It’s more hygienic doing that. Probably not a good idea just to put on straight bikini or clothing on your body without something underneath that.

You shouldn’t really get a yeast infection by doing this, but it’s not really hygienic thing perhaps to do either without considering the thin cotton undergarment. The way to answer that question is I think you’ll be okay. You take proper precautions and you should be fine.

There’s another video I did regarding catching. I think you should not worry about catching disease rather than building up your health, increasing resistance. And by doing that you won’t be susceptible to catching anything at all. All right?

I hope that answers your question. Thanks for the question.