just heard somewhere today that candida can be traced to prelonged use of steroid based asthma inhalers. i've been using one such inhaler for the past 7 years and believe there could be some truth in this.
before using these inhalers i was generally fine except the breathlessness i had which i got the inhalers for. now 7 years on i've recently been told i dont have a trace of asthma anymore, which i'm very pleased about:D
but i now feel i have every symptom associated with candida. and when i read the article relating to this, it all seemed to make sense. because inhalers are taken orally of course, the mouth is the perfect breeding ground for yeast infections and thrush, which in turn can lead to candida in the respitory system and more.
has anyone heard of this??
take care
Glad to hear you are symptom free now.
My mum used them for quite a few years and often had candida. She was told it was because of the inhalers. I use a spacer (a sort of fat tube) when I use mine. You attach the inhaler at one end, squeeze and them suck from the other end. It means the powder goes directly in to the lungs and not in to the mouth.
Thanks so much rose for that information. I know i shouldn't be encougaged by this but at least i have some idea as to what these symptoms might be now.
Is there any sort of test i can have done to confirm candida? I've recently had alot of blood work done for thyroid disorders and glycimic disorders, all clear. Would candida showed up in these tests?
Thanks again rose
Take care
You may find this interesting. The link between excessive fat and candida is not commonly known, but I have read several articles bearing it out.
This comes from Doug Graham's Food and Sport blog:
"Excess fat is the culprit in candida, not sugar, per se. When fat levels in the blood rise, so does blood sugar, because excess fat inhibits insulin from performing its function of escorting sugar out of the bloodstream. The excess fat lines the blood vessel walls, the cells, insulin receptor sites, the sugar molecules themselves, and the insulin with a thin coating of fat, thus blocking and inhibiting normal metabolic activity.
Too much sugar in the blood is as life threatening as too little and can result in serious illness or death. Yeast, or candida, is a constant presence in the blood; it serves as a life preservation mechanism, blooming when there is an excess of sugar in the blood stream to bring blood sugar down to a non-threatening level. When the sugar is distributed and used by the cells of the body, the yeast quickly dies off as it is supposed to.
If fat levels stay chronically high due to a poor diet, sugar will remain in the bloodstream and feed the large candida colonies instead of feeding the 18 trillion cells of your body. Starved for fuel, these cells can no longer metabolize energy, and you become tired, and feel rundown. Because all carbohydrate, fat, and protein that we eat is converted to simple sugar (glucose) if it is to be used by the cells for fuel, the way out of this cycle is not to eat less sugar, but to consume less fat. When fat levels drop, the sugar starts to get processed and distributed again, and the yeast levels drop because there is no longer excess sugar available."
Not sure how that answers your question about inhalers, but thought it may be of interest.
Thank you Derek. That is very interesting. My mum was very ill and didn't eat properly. Altough she filled herself with sweets and cakes mainly, her weight dropped from 8 stone to 4 stone but I wonder if this was more the cause of her candida?