A chronic yeast infection can display the following symptoms:

• arthritis
• autism
• chronic hives
• fatigue
• digestive disorders
• muscle pain
• short attention span
• headaches
• memory loss
• vaginitis
• skin problems
• impotence
• hyperactivity
• depression
• hypoglycemia
• menstrual problems
• urinary disorders
• respiratory problems
• food and environmental allergies
• learning difficulties

Chronic yeast infections have signs and symptoms that vary depending on the location of the infection. This infection is very common to women. Its signs and symptoms consist of a white discharge that is itchy and irritating to the vagina. It can affect the surrounding outer tissues of the anus where a moist patch appears on the contiguous skin of the anus. Candida yeast infections also cause pain during sexual intercourse and a burning sensation during urination.

Candida infections in infants and adults may become visible in different ways; oral Candidiasis (or thrush) is exhibited by thick, white patches on top of a red base and may appear on any area inside the mouth. Bleeding on the underlying tissue occurs if these white patches are wiped away. Without the white coating this infection makes the tongue appear to be red in color. Oral thrush is painful and can contribute to eating disorders.

Prevention of dehydration is a must for anyone who has oral thrush. This infection frequently causes elderly people to have sores and cracks at the sides of their mouth.

Candidiasis can also develop within hours of birth on the palms of a newborn baby. Candida organisms live on the skin and yeast overgrowth occurs if there is a breakdown of the skin’s outer layer. It is visible on the warm parts of the body such as diaper areas and skin folds. Superficial Candida skin infection may look like a red flat rash that has sharp scalloped edges.

Satellite lesions are smaller patches that look the same and may cause itching or pain. This kind of infection causes redness, swelling and softness of the fingernail. In male genitalia, Candida infection usually presents with dry, red scaly patches on the tip or head of the penis.

Candida infections can have an effect on various internal organs and cause pain or dysfunction to a person, especially if they have a destabilized immune system. Likewise, individuals with Candida infection may develop sensitivity to some foods. Other times there is food intolerance for dairy products and glutens. Food intolerance can be positively identified through The Detection Diet.

A person with AIDS typically contracts the yeast infection known as esophagitis in the upper gastrointestinal system. This condition may seem like oral thrush, but this type of infection extends down from the mouth, into the esophagus until it reaches the stomach, it causes painful ulcers around the gastrointestinal system, so that even swallowing liquid is difficult. Food is not fully absorbed when the infection spreads out into the intestines, and the danger of dehydration is present to people with such condition.

If Candida yeast infections reach the bloodstream, people get sick with or without fever. And the spreading of this infection throughout the brain causes acute changes in behavior or mental function.

If you suspect you are suffering with a chronic yeast infection, you should first consult your primary care physician before taking other steps.

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A Vitamin is actually a group of chemically related compounds that work together to synergistically magnify their independent effects. This synergistic group is known as the Vitamin Complex. The synergistic action of the group has an effect greater than the sum of each component individually.

The vitamin complex consists of an organic component, as well as co-factors, such as enzymes, co-enzymes, antioxidants, trace elements, activators, and other unknown factors. It is most crucial to note that the vitamin complex cannot perform its biochemical operations without the proper balance of both the organic component and these co-factors. Furthermore, it has been found that there is often even a detrimental effect when an attempt is made to supplement with the components solely or individually. In other words, the organic portion is only a portion of the vitamin complex, it is not the complex in and of itself. These facts must be considered when selecting an effective supplement to take.

You cannot rely on fancy labeling and/or price to make this selection for you. Many vitamin manufacturers produce their products inexpensively by methods that either utilize an easy to produce synthetic, or an easy to extract portion of the complex (cheaper extraction process inadvertently destroys or fails to remove other components of the complex). Production of an inferior or non-absorbable product (inaccurately labeled as the complex) may be due to genuine ignorance or due to direct deception for financial gains. Regardless, this facsimile of nature equates, in the best case scenario, to the body failing to receive the actual bio-available nutrient, or in the worst case scenario, in receiving a potentially harmful variant.

With Whole foods (containing the natural complexes), or whole food supplements, the body is allowed to perform as it was biologically intended. This means that the body will choose what it needs for assimilation, through a process called selective absorption, and excrete what it does not require or cannot use.

With synthetic, fractionated, or isolated vitamin components, the body is forced to handle these raw chemicals in an unintended manner (without the benefit of the synergistic co-factors) which will most likely result in biochemical imbalances and toxicity. Synthetic or fractionated vitamins are not actual food that the body can utilize as nutrients. They are processed as any foreign chemical and disrupt normal biochemistry.

Effects of nutrition occur over time. It must be remembered that garbage in equals garbage out. One cannot habitually consume poor nutrition without it manifesting in the body. Laws of nature prevent the body from being forgiving because of poor choices, intentional or not.

Feed your body right!

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