Category: Candida Crusher FAQ Videos

Hi there, Eric Bakker again, with another frequently asked question on yeast infection.

This one is does yeast infection cause a lack of appetite?

I have to think about this one. Appetite can change. It can depend a lot on many factors. It can depend a lot on your stress levels, how you feel emotionally. It can occur as a consequence of a liver problem. You could have an issue with your stomach, with your pancreas, or your intestines. There could be many reasons why you have a lack of appetite. I would say yeast infections would be indirectly linked to lack of appetite, but it certainly could be a possibility that appetite could be affected by yeast infections.

A question I would ask you if you were a patient would be how long have you had this lack of appetite for? What events occurred prior to the lack of appetite? Have your bowel motions been altered at all? Have you had any stressful events leading up to the lack of appetite? So to answer your question, I’d probably ask you questions because there are many reasons why you could have a lack of appetite. It’s not fair to point a finger purely at a yeast infection when it comes to a lack of appetite. There can be many particular causes of lack of appetite.

So to answer that question, does a yeast infection cause a lack of appetite? It may, but I don’t really think it’s directly linked to Candida. It may occur as a secondary consequence. And I’m sure that if I asked you if there were any other problems going on with your digestive system, you would probably say “yes, I have constipation or I have gas or bloating,” all these issues.

So I hope that answers your question in a roundabout way. Thank you.

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.