Cortisone Injection leading to Candida Flare

[Guest guest]

Hi. I just found this group and it looks really helpful. Last year I was

diagnosed with

Ankylosing Spondylitis, an auto-immune disease, that is a chronic and

progressive

inflammatory form of arthritis that mainly affects the joints of the spine. I

have been

following a No Starch Diet with great success fro 6 months. So I know how

important diet

can be in treating disease.

I began having these Candida symptoms a week and a half ago, about 30 hours

after

having my first ever (and last!) cortisone injection in my sacrum; painful bowel

movement,

vaginal burning, joint pain in feet, cold feet, muscle cramping in calves and

hamstrings,

lethargic - no energy. I have never had a yeast infection before, but I have

been batteling

a chronic case of athletes foot for 7 months. After a week of treating the

Candida myself

with Oregano Oil and no sugar, dairy, coffee, vinegar or alcohol, in addition to

my already

no starch diet, I went to my OB who found no yeast.

My symptoms seem to get better, then get worse again. Do you think this is due

to the

cortisone still being released into my body? My Rheumy said it would last for a

few weeks,

so I am hoping that as soon as the injection wears off, my progress will start

to improve. I

just can't belive this is going on for so long, with little improvement.

I have read the files, and am making lists of things to add and change to what I

have

already been doing, but I was just wondering if the cortisone might be

preventing me from

making progress? Any thoughts, or anyone else experience candida after having a

cortisone injection?

Jeanne

[Guest guest]

> Hi. I just found this group and it looks really helpful.

==>Hi Jeanne. Welcome to our group. Sorry I couldn't answer you

sooner.

> Last year I was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis, an auto-

immune disease, that is a chronic and progressive inflammatory form

of arthritis that mainly affects the joints of the spine. I have

been following a No Starch Diet with great success fro 6 months. So

I know how important diet can be in treating disease.

>

> I began having these Candida symptoms a week and a half ago, about

30 hours after having my first ever (and last!) cortisone injection

in my sacrum; painful bowel movement, vaginal burning, joint pain in

feet, cold feet, muscle cramping in calves and hamstrings,

> lethargic - no energy. I have never had a yeast infection before,

but I have been batteling a chronic case of athletes foot for 7

months. After a week of treating the Candida myself with Oregano Oil

and no sugar, dairy, coffee, vinegar or alcohol, in addition to my

already no starch diet, I went to my OB who found no yeast.

>

> My symptoms seem to get better, then get worse again. Do you think

this is due to the cortisone still being released into my body? My

Rheumy said it would last for a few weeks, so I am hoping that as

soon as the injection wears off, my progress will start to improve.

I just can't belive this is going on for so long, with little

improvement.

>

> I have read the files, and am making lists of things to add and

change to what I have already been doing, but I was just wondering if

the cortisone might be preventing me from making progress? Any

thoughts, or anyone else experience candida after having a

cortisone injection?

==>Cortisone will interfere with your progress on the candida program.

Bee