Yeast Infections

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Is there any connection between taking the antibiotic Minocycline and yeast

infections? My best friend has great results from Minocycline-the redness

almost disappears completely. However, she complains of this unfortunate side

effect. Also, eating yogurt and taking accidophis, she still can't deter this

problem.

emarjency wrote: To: rosacea-support

From: " emarjency "

Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 20:41:50 -0000

Subject: Re: demodex-human vs canine (long)

> An observation (I'm guessing here): taking antibiotics would

INCREASE the

> yeast problem by killing off the good bacteria. Could this be one

of the

> reasons why we can't solve this problem? Marjorie, (if you've made

it this

> far), would a decrease in good bacteria allow an increase in

yeast? Of

> course, the beasties may not be the cause of rosacea, just an

opportunistic

> by product. But if we are increasing their number by being yeasty,

maybe

> they are hindering the healing process? (I skimmed over the post

about mite

> numbers being normal in some people with rosacea, so this would

mean nothing

> for those people!)

, yes, I made it this far . The relationships between chronic

or erratic antibiotic use and skin fungal infections is a common

topic in this group; I'm sure the archives can help you out there. In

humans, mites are everpresent and don't appear to cause disease,

although some theorize they might cause a contact dermatitis in rare

people that improves when the mites are eradicated. But with respect

to rosacea, mites don't really interest me because too many studies

found symptomatic improvement despite constant mite counts, and

eradicating mites didn't result in improvement.

Marjorie

Marjorie Lazoff, MD

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