[Monica de Lara]

Hi guys. I am back. I went on vacation, in fact i was in the US for a while and i bought some products i cannot find here... I missed you guys i am hapy to be back.

Last thing i posted where my concerns around the possibility of having a reaction for my nose implant. I was a bit happy because i thought i had finally had found an answer on: why did this happen to me?? After some weeks of trying to get in contact with the surgeon who operated on me i finally did a little before Christmas and it turns out i never got a silicone implant. I do have an implant but it is my own tissue in the tip of my nose but it is my some cartilage that was removed from somewhere else in my nose and replaced. I asked the doctor if he was sure and he said he was because he's never put a silicone implant in the nose. He says he thinks the results are better with cartilage and that there is no chance he could've used silicone because he's never had. So... when i found this out i went really sad because i went back to not knowing what caused this pn in me... I am better now but i was feeling a bit sad. Good news are i am not going to have to go through a surgery again and my nose will remain as it is...


Regarding to the candida thing i mentioned in the title of the post, I remember some time ago Mrs D posted a thread on candida and how she had gotten some relief in her neuropathy after she put on some vaginal cream for yeasts. I remember the whole candida thing sounded interesting for me but since it appeared complicated to understand then i just became discouraged to do more research or reading and discarted the idea of candida on me. Besides i was already then (i am still) in a gluten free diet and i decided to go on a sugar free diet would be too much for me. But this changed when one day i started feeling some itch in the vagina (kind of embarrased to say it but i have to). So i went to the pharmacy and got a vaginal cream. This may sound a bit strage but after i put it i immedeatly felt something weird, as if something in the top of my legs was dying and i felt a lot of releif. My burning almost completely stopped. And i have in fact used the vaginal cream for some ocassions when i want my symtomps to be milder... My questions regarding to candida are if you think that is a possibility in our case. I have read a lot of articles about candida and the state long term consumtion of antibiotics or the pill can deal to this. I have taken both and i had takend them for more than a year... So what do you think about this?? DO you think this is a seriosus possibility??? Cand i get some damage from the medicine or the probiotics recomended???... I wouldnt mind going on the diet if i knew this is a serious possibility, what do you think???

Well guys thank you for evertything!!

[mrsD]

The way Candida causes the burning is by making tons of aldehyde by products.
This chemical is the toxin that inflames the nerves.

Chronic use of a yeast killing cream, can lead to other local irritations over time.

There are oral tablets Diflucan to get from the doctor, but they can be hard on the liver.
For people with Candida of the bowel, Nystatin is typically used. It comes in a tablet and liquid and is less toxic.

If you think you have vaginal Candida, I think the best way to approach it
over the counter is to use the new one shot applicator form(ticonazole-Vagistat) one a month for 3 months. Using a douche once a week gently that has vinegar in it will then
make the environment less attractive to Candida and it may go away.

Some Candida becomes resistant to creams, so they should be used sparingly.

It is best to have a doctor examine you. Here in the States there is a test you can buy to test yourself.
Many women can have irritations that are not Candida.
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz...ovaginitis.jsp

The use of those steroids in high doses for long time periods like you had, Monica can predispose one to infection.

Use of high dose oral Thiamine helps the enzyme system that metabolizes aldehydes, so that may help too.

[Monica de Lara]

Thanks Mrs D for your information. Unifortunately i am not able to find many things you do have in the states. Sometimes i can fin them but they have different names, brands...

Regarding to the Candida, this is what i think but i need help to put it into perspective. I was reading several articles related to Candida. Some of them state that once antibiotics have been taken for long perios, Candida grows and can eventually migrate to other parts of the body. When Candida migrates it causes hormonal and endocrine disorders, which manifest in many symtoms, out of which i have many. Some of them are PMS, menstrual irregularities, cramps, hypothiroidism, chronic cough, numbness and tingling... So i think candida has entered my bloodstream and has partially been causing my burning symtoms. I also read that candida is related to autoimmune disease. They explain in very simple and non scientific terms how the systemic use of antibiotics in the last 50 years has caused the appearing of new sicknesses (autoimmuned) that were rare or non existing before. According to these articles i read, when Candida migrates to the bloodstream it causes an autoimmune and inflamatory response, it also produces alcohol in the blood whic can lead to more inflammation. So i basically think that since before the onset of my pn symtoms i had been taking oral antibiotics for more than a year, this could be my situation. I am thinking about undergoind a "program" that would include diet, oral intake of probiotics and some antifungal medicine. I just want to know what you think of this. If you think this is woth it and if you beleive there's a real connection with the pn.