is "candida albicans" A REAL MEDICAL CONDITION?

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barb28 - 27 Apr 2004 22:29 GMT

Hello, I would like to ask if "candida alibicans"
is a 'real' medical condition?
I am attempting to get a traditional opinion from
a traditional medical doctor. I know there are lots
of alternative type people on the internet, but I
would like to know what a regular doctor would say?

His medical test, from a regular lab (not one of the
alternative labs), says the

candida ab IGG 1.59
(results say anything over 1.00 is positive)

candida ab IGA 2.04
{results say anything over 1.00 is positive)

candida ab IGM 1.14
{results say anything over 1.00 is positive)

I was just wondering if I could get someone elses
opinion on this?

He has not had any rashes or itching or breakouts
(or whatever candida does), so it is probably an
internal thing.

The sheet that came from the lab, had a long
paragraph that basically downplayed candida.

Thank you for your time.

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Steven Bornfeld - 28 Apr 2004 14:06 GMT

> Hello, I would like to ask if "candida alibicans"
> is a 'real' medical condition?
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>
> Thank you for your time.

    Candida is a type of yeast. Infections with candida are very common in
people taking broad-spectrum antibiotics for a prolonged period (over a
couple of weeks) because the antibiotics change the normal bacterial
flora in the GI and GU systems, allowing for overgrowth of
non-susceptible organisms. They can also overgrow in people with poor
or supressed immune systems or poor nutritional status.
    Generally in and of themselves they are more a nuisance than a serious
problem (burning and itching), but they may point out immunologic or
other problems that should be addressed.
    Where were the candida cultured from?

Steve (dentist)

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David Rind - 28 Apr 2004 23:45 GMT

> Hello, I would like to ask if "candida alibicans"
> is a 'real' medical condition?
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
>
> Thank you for your time.

The short answer to your question (in the way I think you
mean it) is "no, it's not a real medical condition." That's
the answer to the question "do followers of scientific medicine
believe in 'The Yeast Connection', 'systemic yeast syndrome', and
related disorders?"

Candida albicans is a real organism -- it's the cause of vaginal
yeast infections and various other problems, and when it grows
in the blood it can rapidly be fatal (this pretty much only happens
in people who are already severely ill with some other problem).

But having antibodies to candida is normal and of no diagnostic
value, and there is no reason to believe that someone with antibodies
to candida has a problem with candida. So again, in the way I think
you mean it, it (systemic yeast syndrome) is not a "real" condidtion.

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David Rind
drind@caregroup.harvard.edu

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TPFKAA - 29 Apr 2004 00:12 GMT

> But having antibodies to candida is normal and of no diagnostic
> value, and there is no reason to believe that someone with antibodies
> to candida has a problem with candida. So again, in the way I think
> you mean it, it (systemic yeast syndrome) is not a "real" condidtion.

Good answer. :-)

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Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS - 29 Apr 2004 00:55 GMT

> > Hello, I would like to ask if "candida alibicans"
> > is a 'real' medical condition?
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> David Rind
> drind@caregroup.harvard.edu

Thanks for cutting to the meat. I hadn't even noticed that the OP
referenced immunologic tests.

Steve

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Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS
Brooklyn, NY
718-258-5001
http://www.dentaltwins.com

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