Re: Kefir to help with skin infection (candida)?

[Guest guest]

Personally, I think eating kefir, or at least yogurt, concurrent with

antibiotics is a good idea, as it might help replenish the good bacteria in her

gut being killed off by the antibiotics; or at least it might help with

digestion. When I have to take antibiotics I try to eat yogurt and kefir

throughout the day. I've also heard of success stories from friends who have

cured their yeast infections by eating a kilo of yogurt every day. Not sure if

it was coincidental (ie it went away on its own) or if the organisms in the

yogurt actually helped (I'm skeptical about how that delivery system would

work). You could always ask for advice from her doctor if you are not sure

though

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> Hello, all. I'm new to this group although not new to making kefir.

>

> My daughter in college developed a bad yeast (candida) infection on her face

and she had been on a month-long course of Diflucan and Doxycycline (ick) to

kill the infections. Unfortunately she had to restart antibiotics again because

she had oral surgery (wisdom teeth) and developed another bacterial infection.

This girl has had nothing but infections and antibiotics for much of her life.

She had yeast infections in her ears (!) and doctors kept giving her

antibiotics...such a mess. Odd, though, that she never gets infections anywhere

below the neck.

>

> She was taking oral probioticis RAW Garden of Life at school but she has come

home now and I have having her apply raw goat milk kefir to her face. In just a

half hour the redness subsided and the inflammation went down.

>

> Now I want to get the kefir into her orally but I don't think it's a good idea

until she is over the course of antibiotics--or should she start while taking

them (I've read pros and cons about this). Also, should I ease her into the raw

goat milk kefir by starting her on pasteurised (at 165 degrees) organic goat

milk? The last thing I want to do is introduce raw milk organisms into her body

suddenly.

>

> Any suggestions?

>

> Thanks, Kim

>

[Guest guest]

I suffered very badly with vaginal thrush to the extent that I was raw, sore and

burning down below. In desperation I put a fingerful of a well ripened Kefir mix

on my finger and applied to the affected area straight from the fridge. The

relief was instantaneous, cooling and silky feeling, absolute bliss!

I only used it externally as such, but never had to do it twice, because that

seemed to cure the problem straight away. I would thoroughly recommend trying

this to anyone.

Great stuff,

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> > Hello, all. I'm new to this group although not new to making kefir.

> >

> > My daughter in college developed a bad yeast (candida) infection on her face

and she had been on a month-long course of Diflucan and Doxycycline (ick) to

kill the infections. Unfortunately she had to restart antibiotics again because

she had oral surgery (wisdom teeth) and developed another bacterial infection.

This girl has had nothing but infections and antibiotics for much of her life.

She had yeast infections in her ears (!) and doctors kept giving her

antibiotics...such a mess. Odd, though, that she never gets infections anywhere

below the neck.

> >

> > She was taking oral probioticis RAW Garden of Life at school but she has

come home now and I have having her apply raw goat milk kefir to her face. In

just a half hour the redness subsided and the inflammation went down.

> >

> > Now I want to get the kefir into her orally but I don't think it's a good

idea until she is over the course of antibiotics--or should she start while

taking them (I've read pros and cons about this). Also, should I ease her into

the raw goat milk kefir by starting her on pasteurised (at 165 degrees) organic

goat milk? The last thing I want to do is introduce raw milk organisms into her

body suddenly.

> >

> > Any suggestions?

> >

> > Thanks, Kim

> >

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