Health Problems in Children

Candida albicans

Candida albicans, and other strains of Candida are yeast that normally inhabits our digestive system: the mouth, throat, intestines and genitourinary tract. Candida is a normal part of the bowel flora (the organisms that naturally live inside our intestines, and are not parasitic). It has many functions inside our digestive tract, one of them to recognize and destroy harmful bacteria. Without Candida albicans in our intestines we would be defenseless against many pathogen bacteria. 

Child Symptoms

Healthy children may develop a candida infection after being treated with antibiotics. Antibiotics kill many "harmless" bacteria that normally compete with candida for a place in the microscopic environment of areas like the mouth and vagina. When this happens, candida is free to grow without competition, and the result is often either oral thrush or a vaginal infection.  Candidiasis may affect children at different times of their lives. Up to five percent of healthy newborns, for example, may suffer from oral candidiasis (thrush) after being infected from a mother's vaginal "yeast infection" during delivery. And this same vaginal "yeast infection" is a form of candidiasis that may affect up to 75 percent of older girls after puberty.

Candidiasis is not contagious. In most healthy persons, CANDIDA already live harmlessly in many parts of the body, including the mouth, intestines, and vagina. Only when it becomes over infested does it cause health problems.

If you suspect your child has Candida call the clinic and arrange a Candida test.  

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