I have had a long standing battle with vaginal yeast infections, toenail fungus and some GI issues, constipation, pain etc. I have tried to treat myself with natural antifungals and diet, but decided to see a dr, to try to get rid of my eczema on my hands. he is an internal medicine MD, but also works in wellness and prevention and has some knowledge of supplements, celiac, fungus, etc. well on the first visit I was so glad to maybe get rid of my eczema and be rid of fungus. he had me take my temp for 5 days, keep track of my urine and saliva ph for 14 days and he ordered labs to check my thyroid, a CBC, CMP and I sent off stool and saliva specimens to a co. called Diagnos-techs. this checked for present of yeast, parasites, anti-gliadin antibodies, etc. All my tests are comming back fine, the only thing is that I am a little anemic, which I have been everytime I've ever been checked. I said that he wants to test my adrenals via saliva test through the same lab, and check an iron level. I may do the adrenal test but I don't think I'll do the iron test, I'm sure it probably is low. I am questioning the validity of this lab, anyone familiar with them? He wanted to put me on diflucan, but since I have been on this for 21 days before and did not have permanent results, but I was not following the diet that he has me on ( doug koufman's diet) He wanted to put me on sporanox, but I refused since it is so bad for you liver, also according to my test results, I have no fungus problem, but I believe I do. He suggested I buy OregaBiotic, it's an herbal antifungal, but he said it also kills you friendly bacteria too, so be sure to take it with a probiotic like two hours later, or before. He also suggested I buy Ambrotose, it's made buy a company called Mannatech, it's a glyconutrient. I did follow the diet for one week and my hands were not swollen like they usually are, and they were getting better, so I think the diet is helping but it is so hard to follow and I don't know if this guy knows what he's doing. I asked him about nystatin, because it's an anti-fungal that is good at treating GI tract yeast and has no side-effects and it's cheap, and safe, but he said well that mains deals with the gut yeast so I said well I thought that was where the problem is, I don't know what he said. Anyway I did buy the supplements the ambrotose and oregabiotic but I'm not sure that I needed these, and I don't think they will take them back. the diet is so hard to follow, if you stay home and fix your own food it's not too bad but if you go anywehre unless you bring your food with you, you can just starve because no one can accommodate you. I know this is alot to read, but any advise or shared experiences would be helpful.

Yeast doesn't become a problem all on its own....and if you focus on treating the yeast *only*...it usually never resolves.

Chronic yeast problems indicate that something has weakened the immune defenses...the body is not in "balance".

If the Dr. is treating the yeast instead of looking into some of the most common conditions which lead to yeast overgrowth...then yes...I would agree that he doesnt know what he's doing.

The diet/antifungals work....however, the yeast comes right back when you stop treatment. The underlying issues have to be identified and treated in order for the chronic yeast issues to resolve.

I dont know which type of test your doctor used for yeast?? Stool tests are not very reliable....blood antibody tests are more accurate.

Great Plains Lab. has a test (OAT) which looks for metabolites produced by yeast and bacteria....as well as many other things. It looks at 65 different compounds in the urine.

Parasites are difficult to test for....but most of us have them.