How Serious Can A Yeast Infection Get?

Most people think of a yeast infection as a casual inconvenience, a bothersome irritation. The truth is recurring yeast infections are a sign of a serious immune imbalance. The best time to reestablish balance is when you first detect the symptoms of yeast infection. Ignored, your minor irritation could lead to a systemic out break, triggering Urinary Tract Infections (UTI), bladder and kidney infections . . . and even attack your entire body.

Often E. coli bacteria is blamed for Urinary Tract Infections triggered from improper hygiene and poor diet. The traditional response to this is to administer anti-biotics which usually kill off the E. coli as well as the important beneficial micro-organisms.

Once your beneficial micro-organisms and probiotic organisms are killed off your immune imbalance can worsen.

This is why having a yeast infection usually goes hand-in-hand with having UTI. This common yeast normally kept in check by your immune system can flourish when your defenses have been compromised by anti-biotics.

This common yeast, called Candida, is a dimorphic life-form and when mature becomes a deadly fungus. This fungus can invade every organ in your body, if your defenses are not restored.

Candida may occur during antibiotic or corticosteroid treatment promoting yeast organisms throughout your gastrointestinal tract and genital areas. Most common in women, severe cases are usually caught from hospital visits. Cathers are notorious for causing UTI and bladder infections that can lead to kidney or systemic infections.

Candida invasion has been reported to cause up to 15% of cases of septicemia seen in hospital patients. Septicemia is a syndrome that results from an acute invasion of the bloodstream by organisms or their toxic by-products.

Once Candida transforms into its fungal stage, it burrows into your tissue and releases toxins into the bloodstream. Have you ever heard of septic shock? It is usually caused by bacteria, but can be triggered by candida fungal invasion as well.

Symptoms are rapid heart beat, rapid breathing and then a drop in blood pressure . . . causing you to go into shock. Because the spread of candida invasion damages organ tissues, organ failure often develops. That is why mortality rates are as high as 40 to 60%, especially in patients with a compromised immune system.

Candida is regulated by your beneficial micro-organisms on your skin and healthy flora within your digestive tract. However, once allowed to flourish, if your healthy flora are not re-established the yeast will enter the fungal stage and risk contaminating your entire body.

Newborns and the elderly are at the greatest risk. About two-thirds of septic shock cases occur in hospitals. If you wind up in the hospital with a kidney infection you are in a high risk category.

This is why it is of the utmost importance that you do not take your UTI lightly. Plus, if you are known to have a UTI more than once a year, you need to get serious about it. By getting serious about it, I mean you need to discover the “root cause” of your yeast infections and urinary Tract Infections before they have a chance to worsen.

Educating yourself about self-health remedies is a great place to start. If you are receiving medical treatment, ask your doctor what you can do to re-establish your health flora.

Live well,

Martin Jacobse
Medical Investigator

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