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Intestinal Candidiasis

Medical center of reference for the diagnosis and treatment of Candidiasis.

What is intestinal Candidiasis?

Candida albicans is a genus of single-celled fungi also called yeasts that commonly lives within our digestive system. A healthy balance of beneficial bacteria in the gut helps keep us healthy. Our intestinal flora prevents the growth of this fungus, but when disturbed, it triggers the infection causing chronic intestinal candidiasis.

Chronic intestinal candidiasis is a common and misdiagnosed disease that causes bloating, abdominal pain, gas and other digestive disorders. In addition to being annoying, intestinal Candidiasis can be dangerous because in the environment where it occurs it can come into contact with other substances and bacteria from the intestine and trigger a series of effects, such as the reproduction of Candidiasis in other areas of the body (genitals, mouth or nails). It can also worsen other diseases already suffered by the patient. In this case, treatment of Candidiasis will be necessary.

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Causes of intestinal candidiasis

Intestinal candidiasis can become a chronic disease if it is not diagnosed in time, since its symptoms are usually non-specific. It is caused by an imbalance in the intestinal microbiota that allows Candida albicans to overgrow, favored mainly by a decrease in the body's defensive capacity and the depression of the immune system.

Prolonged use of antibiotics or long hospital stays can damage the intestinal flora, as can certain habits such as drinking tap water or consuming excessive carbohydrates, sugars and refined flours. Likewise, a deficit of nutrients or alterations in digestive secretions can contribute to disrupting the balance of the microbiota.

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Intestinal candidiasis can be a chronic disease if undiagnosed. Its symptoms are non-specific and it is caused by an imbalance in the intestinal microbiota.

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This overgrowth of candida albicans depends mainly on the loss of the body's ability to defend itself; the depression of the immune system.

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The continued use of antibiotics or prolonged periods of hospitalization can damage our intestinal flora, but there are also causes such as drinking tap water, excessive consumption of carbohydrates and refined sugars and flours.

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In addition, a deficit of nutrients or changes in digestive secretions can disrupt the balance of our intestinal flora.

Symptoms of chronic intestinal candidiasis

First of all, we find symptoms affecting the digestive system: abdominal bloating, diarrhea or constipation, heavy digestions, intestinal gas and mouth sores and even laryngitis and pharyngitis.

Sufferers may have a craving for sweets, beer or bread, as well as acne that rebels to treatment or see how some autoimmune diseases do not evolve favorably to the prescribed therapy. In the case of children it can lead to attention deficit, restlessness or irritable behavior.

Intestinal candidiasis is also associated with mood symptoms that include fatigue and general malaise, depression, irritability or difficulty concentrating.

Other physical symptoms may include headache, abdominal pain, pelvic floor viscera discomfort or allergic reactions.

Treatment of intestinal candidiasis

The symptoms of intestinal Candidiasis are non-specific and may not be related to this pathology. Only a clinical experience such as that of Biosalud Day Hospital can relate these symptoms to Candidiasis since even conventional tests can give negative results.

At Biosalud we have been successfully treating Candidiasis for 30 years. Our biological medicine treatments are personalized and to design them, we must listen to your body and analyze what it tells us through tests. In Biosalud we have the most advanced and effective techniques to eliminate chronic intestinal candidiasis.

In most cases, we always combine a personalized treatment in our facilities in addition to a treatment that is carried out at home. We use colon hydrotherapy, ozone therapy, focal magnet therapy, electromagnetic bioregulation therapy and photon therapy, among others.

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