Re: yeast and ear infections

[Guest guest]

The commonest antibiotics are made from fungal toxins (mycotoxins).

When you take a wide spectrum antibiotic and it kills off most, if

not all, your intestinal flora, candida albicans is the quickest one

to repopulate your system.

From what Doug Kaufmann says, doctors are so unaccustomed to looking

for fungal infections that they often miss them as the cause of lots

of ailments. So they simply throw more powerful antibiotics (more

mycotoxins) at a problem, which can end up making the problem worse.

The Mayo Clinic released a report not many years ago that said they

found (IIRC) over 90% of people with chronic sinusitis had an

infection with a particular fungus in their sinuses. Since what's in

the sinuses often ends up in the ears, I wouldn't be surprised if

there was a yeast/mold/fungus problem with your son's ears.

Kaufmann's site is http://www.knowthecause.com .

Taking antifungal measures might make the difference. If it were me,

I would strictly limit starch and sugar, increase the use of animal

fat and coconut oil and protein, use fresh or lactofermented fruits

and veggies and bone broth, and add probiotic foods and/or

supplements and cod liver oil. Also limit exposure to pesticides and

herbicides, since they deplete vitamin A, which messes up your immune

system.

I'm wary of taking lots of isolated supplements and prefer to use

food to stay healthy, but lack of zinc is associated with fungal

infections. I would AVOID SOY and fluoride because they induce zinc

deficiency.

If you've been on this list long, this stuff sounds pretty

familiar. ;-)

BTW, research has been done that shows that children who take cod

liver oil don't get earaches. The particular research project that I

read about was simply trying to minimize the number and length of

earaches in children, but the subjects who were taking cod liver oil

just didn't get any. Because of that, I started taking it in the

spring of 2003. I was able to completely stop taking antihistamines

and decongestants (and cough drops and painkillers) because the cod

liver oil took care of the problem! It took care of the postnasal

drip, sore throat, and chronic cough. I took it every day for over a

year, but I don't take it every day now. We just take it when we get

a tickle in our throats or have a little sniffle.

--- In , carli tygart <carlijot@g...>

wrote:

> sorry if this is a dupe...I thought I sent it already but it wasn't

in sent

> mail..

>

> I read that repeated ear infections followed by repeated courses of

> antibiotics often leads to an overgrowth of yeast. Can anyone

elaborate on

> this? Is the yeast overgrowth something I should be concerned with,

esp. for

> my older son who has had the surgeries? The doctors cultured his

ears I

> don't even know how many times (they were smelly and constantly

oozing

> greenish brown goo before and between surgeries) and they could

never get

> anything to grow. After the first most invasive mastoidectomy, they

even had

> an infectious disease doctor look at him. They ended up giving him

an adult

> strength super antibiotic that I had to administer through a PIC

line at

> home for 2 weeks. Could this have had anything to do with yeast or

would

> that have shown in a culture?

> Carli

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

On 9/13/05, Idol <Idol@...> wrote:

> My own (unconfirmed) experience with my corneal infection seems to fit. On

> my first visit, my ophthalmologist gave me antibiotic drops for my eye. At

> the very least, the drops did nothing, but really they seemed to make the

> infection much worse. Between that and the fact that all my problems

> seemed to stem from exposure to some really nasty mold last month, the

> logical inference seemed to me to be that my infection was fungal in

> nature, but the doctor said no, he'd never ever seen a fungal eye infection

> in all his years of practice, so he just gave me a different

> antibiotic. This one worked -- but it turns out it that even though it's

> closely related to the first antibiotic, it also has significant antifungal

> activity.

Did he also add to that, " And in all the years of my practice, I've

been so busy that I missed out on the advent of the internet, so I've

never really gotten the chance to do a Google or a Medline search " ?

> Of course without proper (expensive) testing I'll never know for sure, but

> the fungal explanation seems awfully likely to me.

Patient: Doctor, lots of fungi just came in contact with my eye, and

now my eye has an infection.

Doctor: It must be an unrelated bacterial infection.

Chris

[Guest guest]

On 9/13/05, Idol <Idol@...> wrote:

> No, but since he works seven days a week, it wouldn't actually surprise me

> if he's not up on the internet and related modern tools.

That's really a shame. It's awful that a lot of honest practitioners

simply can't keep up with the research and are left at the mercy at

the most aggressive purveyors of information.

> >Patient: Doctor, lots of fungi just came in contact with my eye, and

> >now my eye has an infection.

> >

> >Doctor: It must be an unrelated bacterial infection.

>

> That's about the size of it. He's a very nice guy, so I don't really want

> to beat up on him -- and for all I know he knowingly chose drops the second

> time around which have antifungal activity -- but he acted like he was

> completely confident that it couldn't possibly have been a fungal

> infection.

I was browsing for a different purpose today and saw information about

fungal eye infections before this came up. So it can definitely

happen.

Chris

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[Guest guest]

I agree with your thoughts.

Besides all this, Kaufmann says there *are* incidences of fungal

infections actually causing blindness.

--- In , Idol <Idol@c...>

wrote:

> -

>

> > From what Doug Kaufmann says, doctors are so unaccustomed to

looking

> >for fungal infections that they often miss them as the cause of

lots

> >of ailments. So they simply throw more powerful antibiotics (more

> >mycotoxins) at a problem, which can end up making the problem

worse.

>

> My own (unconfirmed) experience with my corneal infection seems to

fit. On

> my first visit, my ophthalmologist gave me antibiotic drops for my

eye. At

> the very least, the drops did nothing, but really they seemed to

make the

> infection much worse. Between that and the fact that all my

problems

> seemed to stem from exposure to some really nasty mold last month,

the

> logical inference seemed to me to be that my infection was fungal

in

> nature, but the doctor said no, he'd never ever seen a fungal eye

infection

> in all his years of practice, so he just gave me a different

> antibiotic. This one worked -- but it turns out it that even

though it's

> closely related to the first antibiotic, it also has significant

antifungal

> activity.

>

> Of course without proper (expensive) testing I'll never know for

sure, but

> the fungal explanation seems awfully likely to me.

>

>

>

> -

[Guest guest]

Here's a specific comment from a private note:

" Dr. C.C. Kibbler devotes an entire chapter to FUNGAL DISEASE IN

OPTHALMOLOGY....his opening sentence?

'Microbial keratitis is a severe, sight threatening infection of the

corneal stroma. In the Western world it is most commonly due to

bacteria, but fungal infections can occur.' It is highly likely that

these 'bacteria infections' are thought cured by a round or two of

anitbiotics which knocks the fungus back into dormancy. "

> > -

> >

> > > From what Doug Kaufmann says, doctors are so unaccustomed to

> looking

> > >for fungal infections that they often miss them as the cause of

> lots

> > >of ailments. So they simply throw more powerful antibiotics

(more

> > >mycotoxins) at a problem, which can end up making the problem

> worse.

> >

> > My own (unconfirmed) experience with my corneal infection seems

to

> fit. On

> > my first visit, my ophthalmologist gave me antibiotic drops for

my

> eye. At

> > the very least, the drops did nothing, but really they seemed to

> make the

> > infection much worse. Between that and the fact that all my

> problems

> > seemed to stem from exposure to some really nasty mold last

month,

> the

> > logical inference seemed to me to be that my infection was fungal

> in

> > nature, but the doctor said no, he'd never ever seen a fungal eye

> infection

> > in all his years of practice, so he just gave me a different

> > antibiotic. This one worked -- but it turns out it that even

> though it's

> > closely related to the first antibiotic, it also has significant

> antifungal

> > activity.

> >

> > Of course without proper (expensive) testing I'll never know for

> sure, but

> > the fungal explanation seems awfully likely to me.

> >

> >

> >

> > -

[Guest guest]

On 9/13/05, <toyotaokiec@...> wrote:

> I agree with your thoughts.

>

> Besides all this, Kaufmann says there *are* incidences of fungal

> infections actually causing blindness.

Of course... fungal infections can be fatal!

Chris

[Guest guest]

I'll add my own experience:

About five years ago when I was in college, I was on long-term

minocycline/doxycycline, which are antibiotics commonly prescribed by

physicians and dermatologists to combat persistent acne. (In fact, I

believe acne is the number-one indication for prescription of these

antibiotics today!) I recall that my moderate acne got somewhat better

after I started taking antibiotics in high school, but after a few

months, it started to gradually return to the original level. The P.

acnes no doubt had become resistant to the medicine. Meanwhile, my

digestive system was somewhat screwed up. It took a little while, first

to notice the symptoms and then to attribute them to the antibiotic, but

it became clear that my intestinal bacteria were hurting. Nothing

intolerable, but nonetheless unpleasant. For example, while out jogging

one day, I suddenly had to take a sh!t so badly that I was forced to

squat in some underbrush in a park, since I would have never made it

home in time (and I think one guy say me, LOL). It struck me as really

weird; that kind of thing would never have happened to me before

antibiotics (or since). Another time I actually ended up crapping in my

underpants while running, which was quiet embarrasing as a 17- or

18-year-old; thankfully I was able to head straight home and no one

found out.

Anyway, in college I developed esophagitis—basically a yeast infection

in my throat. I went to the college health center and they gave me some

kind of anti-fungal, I believe, and also might have mentioned that

they'd had others on long-term antibiotics with similar problems

(although they shrugged it off, of course, " oh yeah, that's just one of

those things that happens " ). The symptoms had started out as a tightness

in my throat when swallowing, and quickly got worse to where it really

hurt to eat. After I finished the course of anti-fungal medication, I

was better for a few weeks or months and then I remember the pain when

swallowing gradually returning. It was around then that four became too

compelling an answer to the equation two plus two, and I realized that

there must be a causal relation between antibiotics and this yeast

overgrowth. I stopped antibiotics and slowly the pain got better until

it disappeared. That's the best I can remember it, as it was about five

years ago.

Acne, incidentally, is the problem that ultimately led me to pursue a

career in a nutrition-related field, and to this group. It's pretty

much gone on my current WAPF diet and I have no other health problems

whatsoever, so I have much to be thankful for.

Tom

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