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I just recently started antibiotics for my lyme disease. I know that antibiotics have a bad name for causing yeast infections, which I have already had chronically in the past. Anyone got any ideas on how to help with this? Is is something to go into my doctor to talk about?
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gemofnj
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hi sar,
this is alot to understand but give it a try:
Probiotics and acidophilus are one and the same. Its really hard to grasp at first.
First and foremost, make sure you are taking a really good refrigerated probiotic that has a high culture/high strain content.
Antibiotics kill off bad the GOOD flora in your stomach and intestines, and you need to replace it to avoid gut problems. Your llmd may have a professional strength you can buy.
For example, Renew Life Ultra Flora CRITICAL CARE has 50 billion live cultures and 10 strains of bacteria.
Replenish often and take by itself without other supplements or abx. You can get this in most health food stores (or something like it) just get the maximum strains and make sure it is refrigerated.
The more cultures and strains the better. What probiotic are you currently taking?
You want to replenish 2-3 times a day, once at bedtime and 2-3 hours away from antibiotics!
New lymies usually run into is yeast problems. Here are a few tips on how to avoid candida or yeast problems.
Yeast can mimic lyme symptoms. There is a spit test (i know YUK) but its pretty reliable.
Probiotics ALONE will not keep yeast under control, especially if a carb free diet is not maintained. In case you didnt know, sugar FEEDS yeast, big time.
Step 1: DIET (low carb/low sugar/high protein diet
Step 2: Detox to slough off toxins by candida
Step 3: ANTIFUNGALS along with the probiotics can aid in controlling yeast.
Step 4: Oral hygiene-prevents reinfection
Herbal antifungals along with oral hygiene can be very effective if used before yeast gets out of control. Herbals, can be olive leaf, garlic, pau de arc, grapefruit seed extract or oregano, etc.
Personally, fungal defense by garden of life and Oregamax worked great in combination with good refrigerated probiotics and a low carb diet. Add a little detox in and it accelerates the results.
Combine that with good oral hygiene, (ie brushing tongue every day, rinsing with a strong antiseptic mouthwash for 30 seconds-yes it burns.
Then by dipping your brush in bleach and rinsing thoroughly after ever use) and you can hopefully keep yeast under control---Yeast actually starts on the tongue and you can reinfect yourself!!
Detox can be in the form of steam/sauna, warm to hot baths, low impact exercise, lemon water, adding lots of fiber to your diet, and/or detox products or methods as tolerated, to get rid of the candida toxins or die off.
There are tons of other additional yeast aid products. To name a few, kolerex, candicyn, candi gone, threelac, cuturelle and candex, etc.
But, with all that being said, some folks need still need prescription antifungals such as nystatin or diflucan in addition to the probiotics, diet and detox.
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If flucanazole (diflucan) is ordered in even mg doses, 100mg 200mg, a thirty pill, thirty day supply can be bought for a single insurance copay and will come in a pill bottle. If you get 150mg or 250mg, it comes in single dose blister packs...much more expensive.
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