Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 Men get crotch itch also. I've heard it called jock itch. All the same thing. Fungi grow in warm dark, dark damp places. Go to a rain forest and see all the mushroom growing between the wet leaves. Ugh! Makes me feel itchy thinking about it. Dolores By the way Leonie, that was well written. Dolores From: mumpup2000 <leoniecent@...> Subject: rheumatic and newbies rheumatic Date: Sunday, July 27, 2008, 2:12 AM and newbies, " itchies " means itching in the vaginal region for a woman. it's called thrush and it means that the yeast fungus or candida, are growing in our body. they like it in the vagina cos it's nice and cozy and moist there which is an ideal environment. to us women it's an indicator of whether we have a yeast infection in our bodies or not. i guess men don't get this symoptom, but i know men still get serious candida infections which manifest in different ways. the antibiotics we take kill off all the good bacteria in our guts, which then allows the bad ones like candida to multiply and make us sick. good bacteria keeps candida in check so it's imperative to take good quality probiotics at regular intervals while on AP. actually, everyone healthy or not, needs to consume foods that contain good bacteria in order to stay healthy eg yoghurt, fermented foods etc. basically most of our immune system is located in our gut which for all intents and purposes is located on the outside of our body, since it has to filter all sorts of incoming foods and toxins that we take in, and stop things from poisoning us. the bacteria in our gut our crucial to this function. besides white sugar being a deadly poison to the human body and should be avoided by everybody (can supply further info if required), when our systems are sick and very upset like they are when we have an autoimmune condition, we shouldn't be poisoning ourselves further, but eating healing foods to get well again. why weigh oneself down with additional poisons to the body when we struggling so much to get well again ? antibiotics isn't a magic bullet that we can just swallow a pill and everything will go away. that's my take on things anyway... stay away from sugar and eat a bit of fruit if you need sweets Leonie > > > > > > Hopefully someone else will answer too, because I get the itchies > > even > > > without antibiotics. In case it helps, I have been able to fix > my > > > itchies with probiotics. > > > Amy > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 , I'm staying away from sugar, too much fruit (fresh or dried), aged cheeses, and alcohol, so as not to encourage run away yeast in the gut. I'm also intolerant to gluten, so staying away from breads, etc. is not difficult. Otherwises, you should also watch your intake of grains. A candida infection (yeast) in the gut can cause all sorts of problems with your well-being. There is a lot of great info on the web about candida, in addition to books on the subject. A couple years ago, I had a bad yeast infection in my gut. My moods were thrown off, energy went down, periods went terribly irregular & uncomfortable, face breaking out, etc. I took the GI test & discovered the high yeast, as well as low counts on good bacteria. After a series of anti-fungals, diet changes, and high quality probiotics, I was able to knock back that infection (confirmed by follow-up testing) and it was amazing to me how the problems above began to resolve themselves. Bottom line: keeping candida in check is VERY important to our recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 The reason I asked about the itches was since I have started AP with 100mg minocin MWF I swear I am itching all over more. I can't tell if it's because my skin is more irritated/dried or what. Is this something that you all have experienced? > > , I'm staying away from sugar, too much fruit (fresh or dried), aged cheeses, and > alcohol, so as not to encourage run away yeast in the gut. I'm also intolerant to gluten, so > staying away from breads, etc. is not difficult. Otherwises, you should also watch your > intake of grains. > > A candida infection (yeast) in the gut can cause all sorts of problems with your well-being. > There is a lot of great info on the web about candida, in addition to books on the subject. > > A couple years ago, I had a bad yeast infection in my gut. My moods were thrown off, > energy went down, periods went terribly irregular & uncomfortable, face breaking out, etc. > I took the GI test & discovered the high yeast, as well as low counts on good bacteria. > > After a series of anti-fungals, diet changes, and high quality probiotics, I was able to > knock back that infection (confirmed by follow-up testing) and it was amazing to me how > the problems above began to resolve themselves. > > Bottom line: keeping candida in check is VERY important to our recovery. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 LOL. I see you already said what I just now wrote - and you explained much better! Amy mumpup2000 wrote: > > and newbies, > > " itchies " means itching in the vaginal region for a woman. it's > called thrush and it means that the yeast fungus or candida, are > growing in our body. they like it in the vagina cos it's nice and > cozy and moist there which is an ideal environment. to us women it's > an indicator of whether we have a yeast infection in our bodies or > not. i guess men don't get this symoptom, but i know men still get > serious candida infections which manifest in different ways. > > the antibiotics we take kill off all the good bacteria in our guts, > which then allows the bad ones like candida to multiply and make us > sick. good bacteria keeps candida in check so it's imperative to > take good quality probiotics at regular intervals while on AP. > actually, everyone healthy or not, needs to consume foods that > contain good bacteria in order to stay healthy eg yoghurt, fermented > foods etc. basically most of our immune system is located in our gut > which for all intents and purposes is located on the outside of our > body, since it has to filter all sorts of incoming foods and toxins > that we take in, and stop things from poisoning us. the bacteria in > our gut our crucial to this function. > > besides white sugar being a deadly poison to the human body and > should be avoided by everybody (can supply further info if required), > when our systems are sick and very upset like they are when we have > an autoimmune condition, we shouldn't be poisoning ourselves further, > but eating healing foods to get well again. why weigh oneself down > with additional poisons to the body when we struggling so much to get > well again ? antibiotics isn't a magic bullet that we can just > swallow a pill and everything will go away. > > that's my take on things anyway... > > stay away from sugar and eat a bit of fruit if you need sweets > > Leonie > > > > > > > > > > Hopefully someone else will answer too, because I get the > itchies > > > even > > > > without antibiotics. In case it helps, I have been able to fix > > my > > > > itchies with probiotics. > > > > Amy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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