Candida Crusher FAQ Videos – Page 154

Candida Question #26 Can Monistat Cause Diarrhea?

Well, I think that’s a no-brainer. Any time you take a drug, you can incur side effects. But drugs like Monistat can have many side effects.

Here are some of them, mild vaginal burning, irritation, itching, constipation or diarrhea, stomach pains, vomiting, severe allergic reactions including rash, hives, itching, difficulty breathing, tightness in the chest, swelling in the mouth, face, lips or tongue, fever or chills, foul-smelling vaginal discharge, nausea, even severe or prolonged vaginal burning, itching or irritation.

Well, I think I’ll take the vaginal problem, and I’ll leave the Monistat because why would you want to even risk developing some of these side effects? All pharmaceutical drugs come at a cost, and the cost is symptom suppression and unfortunately a lot of side effects can be induced. Why would you want to even go there?

Why don’t you look at natural treatment for a vaginal problem? You’re not going to incur the risk of side effects. You’re not going to incur the long-term risk of a disease you’ve developed from some pharmaceutical drug. It makes a lot of sense. It makes more sense to treat the cause rather than to keep treating the symptoms over and again.

Chapter 5 in my book, Candida Crusher, has got a very good protocol for you to follow if you have a chronic vaginal infection. Chapter 4 will explain in detail a quick-step guide on how to get rid of an acute infection. Chapter 5 will go into much more detail on chronic vaginal infections. No pharmaceutical drugs are required in most cases.

So I hope that answers your question. You can get diarrhea from Monistat. In fact, you can get a lot more than you bargain for from Monistat.

Thank you.

Candida Question #25 Is There Any Connection Between Candida and Endometriosis?

Well there certainly is a relationship between chronic Candida and endometriosis. I’ve written about this extensively in my book, Candida Crusher.

I had a female doctor friend who spent some time in Canada at a medical conference on endometriosis and mentioned that for three days they spoke predominantly about how to eradicate yeast infections in women.

Many women with acute vaginal yeast infections will treat these infections with various preparations, creams and applicators and take drugs like fluconazole. And in many instances, these infections don’t clear up, so stronger treatments are used or treatments of similar nature but for longer duration. And all you’re going to do is drive the condition further from the vagina into the endometrium where you’ll create an inflammatory condition. It makes sense. If you keep treating a local condition, you drive the condition into the body; you’re going to create a more chronic condition.

Many women I’ve seen with endometriosis have told me that they used to suffer from vaginal thrush and the vaginal thrush was treated over and again. And then down the track, they developed cysts in the endometrium. We do see some cases of endometriosis that have not got a thrush background, but in my opinion, most of them do.

So if you want to prevent your chances of developing endometriosis, it’s a very good idea to get on top of your vaginal yeast infection sooner rather than later. It needs to be taken seriously like any infection. You need to treat it locally and you need to treat it internally. And if you read Chapter 5 in my book, it explains the whole protocol for you.

So, in my opinion, there is a link and if you do some online searches, you’ll certainly find there are studies that validate this relationship.

Thank you.

Candida Question #24 Is a yeast infection possible while breastfeeding and what are the best ways to tackle a yeast infection if I am breastfeeding?

Well, you can still breastfeed. It shouldn’t make any difference at all if you’re going to breastfeed and you do have a yeast infection, and it certainly shouldn’t be a reason for you to stop breastfeeding either. A good advice for you is to include plenty of the foods which have an anti-fungal effect, including garlic, coconut, oregano products, these are all anti-fungal. I don’t like women taking antibiotics when breastfeeding. It can have quite a serious effect on the child. You can pass the drug through the breast milk and create a lot of gut issues and leaky gut and food allergies in the baby, and I’ve seen this on numerous occasions. So please refrain from antibiotics when breastfeeding. You’ll just aggravate the baby and make it a lot worse for yourself.

So it’s best to tackle quite a strong kill and dietary program when you’re not breastfeeding, but you can still maintain breastfeeding, have the right kind of foods, which reduce the yeast population, but you’ll need to be careful taking certain dietary supplements when breastfeeding. And if in doubt, just ask your naturopathic physician. He certainly should be able to help you.

Some good breastfeeding foods include: tahini, avocado, flax seed oil is another good one, Omega-3, so high-fat foods are quite good, they’re very nourishing for the baby and help to calm and relax the child. High protein foods are good as well. I can’t see any reason why you should abstain from chili or garlic. Many people say not to have cabbage. These foods cause bloating and gas in a baby, but I’ve not really seen that to be a problem. Alcohol is obviously not a good idea, but just beware of those antibiotics. They’re not really a good idea if you’re breastfeeding.

So, yes it is possible to breastfeed when you have a yeast infection.