Title: Comprehensive information on chronic yeast and Candidiasis intestinal yeast infections
Headings: Intestinal Yeast Infections -- The Symptoms And Treatments Of Candida Infections (Candidiasis)
Intestinal Yeast Infections -- The Symptoms And Treatments Of Candida Infections (Candidiasis)
Page 2 -- Symptoms of Candida Yeast Infections, and the “Candida Related Complex” (this page)
Page 1 -- Background Information on Candida Yeast Infections
YEAST SYMPTOMS AND THE CONTROVERSIAL "CANDIDA-RELATED COMPLEX"
Yeast Overgrowth, by Many Different Names
Yeast Overgrowth Symptoms
THE RATIONALE FOR THE MYSTERIOUS YEAST OVERGROWTH SYMPTOMS
Yeast Toxins
Yeast Infections and Leaky Gut Syndrome
Yeast Infections and Allergies
HOW DO I KNOW IF I'VE GOT A YEAST OVERGROWTH?
The Yeast Infection Symptom Questionnaire
YEAST INFECTION TREATMENT DIFFICULTIES
INFORMATION SOURCES USED FOR THESE TWO PAGES
Dr. Elmer Cranton, MD:
REFERENCES & INFORMATION RESOURCES
DISCUSSION GROUPS

Content: Yeast proliferation within the intestines, however, is a controversial disorder, accepted by some physicians and rejected by others as a "fad" diagnosis. One difficulty with a proper diagnosis had been the lack of suitable diagnostic lab tests, which are now available. In the early 1980's, Dr. Orian Truss ("The Missing Diagnosis") and Dr. William Crook ("The Yeast Connection") identified Candida yeast as a causative factor of a more generalized Candidiasis condition that could take many forms, primarily resulting from an occult and perhaps low-grade, but chronic Candida overgrowth of the intestines. Since that time an entire sphere of medical counterculture has arisen that includes a smattering of MD's, a wide variety of alternative medicine healthcare providers, a book-publishing industry, an entire industry of nonprescription herbal medications, and vocal and communicative "patients" -- Candida sufferers, or at least, those who believe that they suffer from a Candida yeast infection. Yeast Overgrowth, by Many Different Names
This generalized Candida condition was occasionally referred to as " the yeast syndrome " (also the title of an influential book by Dr. John Parks Trowbridge), and is now sometimes referred to as the " Candida Related-Complex ", Candida overgrowth syndrome (COS), chronic Candidiasis, or just simply " a yeast problem .". We'll simply refer to it as Candidiasis (which is sometimes spelled "Candidiosis" or "Candidosis"). ( Candidiasis is pronounced Can-dih-di’-a-sis.) Often it is nutritionally oriented doctors who believe that Candidiasis does indeed exist and treat it as they would any medical condition. They contend that Candida yeast overgrowth is a specific disorder, which can be responsible for months or even years of chronic ill health. And they assert that even though Candida remains confined to the digestive tract and vagina, the overgrowth has far-reaching effects throughout the body.