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Candida Depression

Candida is a pervasive problem that can sap your energy and wreck havoc with your moods, sometimes causing depression. Candida albicans is a yeast that normally lives in the body in the inner warm creases and crevices of the digestive tract and in the vaginal tract of women. Under stressful conditions, through the overuse of antibiotics, damage to the intestinal tract or due to immune system depression, candida albicans can overgrow. Yeast cells, particles of yeast cells, and various toxic by-products of yeast metabolism can enter the general circulation and significantly disrupt body processes.

The more of the following symptoms you have the more important it is that you get a test to find out if you have candida:

-Chronic fatigue or lethargy

-Feeling of being drained
-Loss of energy
-General malaise
-Headache
-Decreased libido
-Numbness, burning, or tingling
-Muscle aches, weakness, or paralysis
-Dizziness, loss of balance
-Pain and swelling in joints
-Craving for foods rich in carbohydrates or yeasts such as high sugar foods, bread and alcoholic beverages
-Depression
-Frequent mood swings
-Inability to concentrate

If your symptoms suggest candida, follow up with a qualified health care practitioner. There are reliable tests to reveal the presence of candida albicans..

There are many, many popular recommendations for treating candida. Over the counter quick fixes are plentiful. Following these popular recommendations could leave you with poor nutritional choices, unbalanced mood and energy, confused, and quite probably still with candida.

By Mary Ann Copson

Article not intended to diagnosis, treat or cure depression. Always consult your doctor for treatment of depression.