Some Overwhelming Issues Iodine/H Pylori

[Leland]

Dr. Gaby had my using Nystatin twice a day on an empty stomach (along with what else I was taking for the autoimmune protocol) just before eating. It has really worked for me.

(Except I still do crave chocolate. Don't crave any of the other things I used to crave, though. Can't even stand the thought of sugar or super sweet things.) :)

Nienna I'm glad that has worked so well for you. I was hesitant to go that route as some have reported they have to take it for months, or even longer. Undecylenic acid should be arriving any day, and many swear it works just as well, and reportedly has added benefit of not affecting any good flora. At this point, looks like I'll be using it for a final cleanup, and then maintenance, in rotation with other antifungals.

I recognized having milder candida overgrowth symptoms two years ago, and so gave up soft drinks, donuts, cakes, etc., most of which was provided and consumed at work. The recommended diet changes just seemed overwhelming, especially with a lot less time due to work.

I'm pretty sure what precipitated this crisis was me not chelating the mercury, which went on for several months, and probably threw every function in my body wildly out of whack. I think I'm well down the road to getting things better than they were before this. Still having some adrenal fatigue stuff (which I also had previously, albeit in a milder form) but that is improving the last few days as well.

One fantastic change I've noticed is that my allergies are pretty much gone. Right now the trees are in bloom mode and I, along with most people I know, usually have some pretty bad reactions. Yesterday, with the tree pollen as high as the scale reads, I sneezed twice (compared to 30-40 times). No headaches, itchy eyes, runny nose, fatigue, etc. It's nothing short of miraculous!

I'm with you on the chocolate! I don't crave the really junky stuff above, but chocolate and especially chocolate covered almonds or berries are my weakness and were my "treat." I also ate them later in the evening which is about the worst time possible, providing candida a buffet to feast on while you sleep

Maybe I can add them back very judiciously during the day...?? We'll see and it will be okay if not.

 

[Gaby]

It's nothing short of miraculous!

Congratulations! That was also the first benefit I noticed when I first changed the diet.

It is really something great

 

[Leland]

Thought I'd share an update and some experience with a lesser known but, for me, very potent, all natural anti-fungal.

Undecenoic Acid
If you are having issues with candida, especially systemic, I would skip everything else and go straight to this. It will wallop candida in its yeast (in the gut) or hyphal (rest of the body) form, and it prevents the yeast from converting to the hyphal form as well. Talk about all-in-one!!

It began killing candida colonies everywhere. I had itching, pain, tingling, in all the "fibro" spots, as previously reported, and a bunch of new ones. Even after die off with the earlier antifungals, it was unbelievable how entrenched this stuff was in other places that the undecenoic went to work on. Dandruff and a few rashes flared up and then vanished over the course of several weeks (I took it for one month total).

Some good info on it below. I did not use the product in this link,

__http://www.yeastinfection.org/everything-you-need-to-know-about-undecenoic-acid/

but this one here, combined with some oregon grape root for the berberine hcl

__http://www.amazon.com/Thorne-Research-Formula-Gastrointestinal-Supplement/dp/B000FGXMWC

At the max dose of 5 capsules, 3x a day, the bottle will last 17 days, so it is a good value, given its effectiveness. Of course you can also combine, as the product in first link has, with others like caprylic, neem, etc. I just did it with the grape root.

The only issue I'm still having is the hiatal hernia/ileocecal valve. Now that I'm experiencing this on a more clear mind, this is how it all started back in December or so. Uncomfortable, stuffed feeling, some pain in tummy area (hiatial hernia), intermittent constipation, usually a 12 hour period of no going, then the next morning I make up for it. Other days with totally normal movements shortly after each meal, just as it should ideally be.

The hernia/valve issue, along with candida, seem to be pretty common, and I think this area may be holding out due to biofilm. If the valve is not working properly, candida is going to continue migrating from lower to small intestine. The naturopath told me I was deficient in calcium, which can cause malfunctioning ileocecal valve.

__http://www.helladelicious.com/our-food/2012/05/candida-calcium-and-your-ileocecal-valve/
__http://drshannonweeks.com/ileocecal-valve/

I found this product, along with many experiences that their last challenge in conquering candida was indeed a biofilm.

__http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003PQVG8G/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687622&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B002MQMA2G&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=18KT1TFYZBJGR1K0ZNYT

That is on the way and I'm cautiously optimistic this will be the last piece of the puzzle...??

Currently taking olive leaf and pau d-arcoin on rotation, and plan to go back on undecenoic/berberine once I begin the biofilm product. It has EDTA which could cause a candida flareup if a bunch of mercury is released from biofilm, but I'm "armed" and ready for it. Of course I don't know with certainty that I have a biofilm, but with everything known, and how often biofilm accompanies those, it seems a likely culprit.

 

[Foxx]

Thanks for the update Leland and that sounds like a lot of good progress! I don't think I had heard of Undecenoic acid before, so that sounds like a good find.

The only issue I'm still having is the hiatal hernia/ileocecal valve. Now that I'm experiencing this on a more clear mind, this is how it all started back in December or so. Uncomfortable, stuffed feeling, some pain in tummy area (hiatial hernia), intermittent constipation, usually a 12 hour period of no going, then the next morning I make up for it. Other days with totally normal movements shortly after each meal, just as it should ideally be.

The hernia/valve issue, along with candida, seem to be pretty common, and I think this area may be holding out due to biofilm. If the valve is not working properly, candida is going to continue migrating from lower to small intestine. The naturopath told me I was deficient in calcium, which can cause malfunctioning ileocecal valve.

I just saw an applied kinesiologist last week and he said that I still had a bit of an issue with a hiatal hernia and my ileocecal valve as well. I think in my case this time it was fairly minor, though it is an issue I've had to have adjusted at least 3 times over the past few years. He said that it's often the result of low stomach acid, so he gave me these:

http://www.amazon.com/Nutri-West-HYPO-D-90/dp/B000FGWEGC/

He told me to take one before meals, and possibly a second one after if there's either bloating or gas (and in very rare circumstances, a third may even be necessary).

I hadn't heard about a link between that and calcium, so I'll have to look into that.

It sounds like you're doing some good research and finding out some interesting stuff, so thanks again for sharing!

 

[Leland]

Some more info on this, why I decided to try it, and also some info on the biofilm product. Don't know about the latter, yet, but again could not recommend the undecenoic acid enough.

"Undecylenic acid has been shown to be approximately six times more effective as an antifungal than caprylic acid, and is effective in maintaining a healthy balance of intestinal and vaginal flora"

Undecylenic acid - Monograph: undecylenic acid
From Alternative Medicine Review, 2/1/02
__http://www.altmedrev.com/publications/7/1/68.pdf

Undecylenic Acid for Candida Infection
__http://candidahub.com/Coconut-Oil/Undecylenic-Acid-for-Candida-Infection

Undecylenic Acid Inhibits Morphogenesis of Candida albicans
__http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC90168/

The Everything Candida Diet Book
__https://books.google.com/books?id=kheAAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=undecenoic+acid+candida&source=bl&ots=Lz4GyEEmIc&sig=SHvrFY9-gORULaWyzTeUNQqS5YM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjpnpfCxenMAhVkE1IKHQrqBeA4FBDoAQiCATAJ#v=onepage&q=undecenoic%20acid%20candida&f=false

The product for the biofilm contains lysozyme and there is a good deal of evidence this inhibits/destroys candida as well.

Synergistic activity of lysozyme and antifungal agents against Candida albicans biofilms on denture acrylic surfaces.
__http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19038377

Lytic action of lysozyme on candida albicans
__http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02051947

In vitro susceptibility of Candida species to lysozyme
__http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1399-302X.1988.tb00603.x/abstract

Candida albicans infections have become increasingly recognised as being biofilm related
__http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24996549

 

[Leland]

*****The attached images are rated "GI TMI"*****

Some interesting developments.

As I indicated in last posts I took the Interfase Plus for a bit and it did seem to help with digestion issues, some mucus like stuff passed, and there were also some days with symptoms similar to what I experienced with metal detox way back when this began, presumably from the EDTA in the product, but faded after a week or two.

Was still having issues with intermittent constipation though. Always went in the morning, usually before I could even finish salt water. Then some days I would go more or less normal not long after a meal, and other days not at all, and would catch up the next morning. Sometimes normal size and sometimes pencil thin. Very frustrating and indicative something was still not right.

Was also having tightness/constrictive feeling in the stomach/small intestine area at times, which I was attributing to the hiatal hernia, and was still having a hard time gaining back the weight I had lost with all the candida thing. I finally got the oddball battery my scale needs, and I'm still 25 lbs under what I was back in Feb, so I believe during the worst of it I had actually lost 35-40 lbs. Couldn't understand why I wasn't gaining it back a little quicker, and I could feel something was still just not "right."

Ran into these products several times with naturopaths online recommending them, and lots of good user reviews so I thought why not give them a try:

__https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000L6OS3I/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687702&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B002B0MLS6&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=KR9R6F4VT3YKJHGKXQFG

__https://www.amazon.com/Natures-Sunshine-Small-Intestine-Detox/dp/B000WQFFDO/ref=sr_1_1_s_it?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1466015481&sr=1-1&keywords=small+intestine+detox

As previously shared, I used to have horrible cedar (Nov-Mar) and tree (Apr-May) allergies, but thanks to iodine and cleaning up the diet, I didn't have them this year. Summer was always the least of any allergy issue, and only when the ragweed was sky high on the scale.

About 48 hrs after beginning these products, I started having really bad allergy symptoms; sneezing, scratchy/dry throat, headache, etc. I checked the counts and ragweed was not even listed, and the grass, which had really never bothered me, was a very low reading, so I was scratching my head as to what was causing this, and thinking maybe it was something in those products. I decide to keep with them though and approximately 5 days into it the allergy symptoms went away, as the pieces of the little critters you see started showing up.

For reference, the dish they are on is 3" x 3". It has the appearance of strips of latex cut into pieces. There are no segmentations. Best I can gather it is roundworm? I'm a little surprised a "whole" one has not come out, but all in pieces so far. Would this be indicative of these in my stomach, as your intestines don't really "crush" stuff up?

I ask because I have had relief of the hiatal symptoms and wondering if that's what was causing it.

I'm on day three of continuing to pass this stuff, and yesterday decided to add a parasite treatment of (irradiated) cloves, black walnut, wormwood, red clover, neem, pomegranted root bark, red cinchona, sesame seeds, papain, sacred lotus leaf, l-arginine, and l-ornithine hcl. I also got some pumpkin seed oil.

I'm wondering if these things were all bound up in a biofilm, and once that was cleared up a bit, my body and possibly iodine went to work on them, as I'm back up to 12.5 mg iodoral for the last 2-3 weeks also.

As always appreciate any insight and other suggestions. Otherwise I am feeling better other than some "clearing out" discomfort and so hoping this is the last piece of the puzzle in straightening out the GI issues!

 

[Gaby]

As previously shared, I used to have horrible cedar (Nov-Mar) and tree (Apr-May) allergies, but thanks to iodine and cleaning up the diet, I didn't have them this year. Summer was always the least of any allergy issue, and only when the ragweed was sky high on the scale.

About 48 hrs after beginning these products, I started having really bad allergy symptoms; sneezing, scratchy/dry throat, headache, etc. I checked the counts and ragweed was not even listed, and the grass, which had really never bothered me, was a very low reading, so I was scratching my head as to what was causing this, and thinking maybe it was something in those products. I decide to keep with them though and approximately 5 days into it the allergy symptoms went away, as the pieces of the little critters you see started showing up.

It doesn't look like parasites to me. It could be non-digested food and remains of these products which the body might be rejecting. In case of doubt, I would have a stool analysis.

Plantain is infamous for triggering seasonal allergies in people and one of the products has plantain leaves. It might have medicinal properties, but when your body reacts with allergy symptoms, then staying away from it is the reasonable thing to do. You might be reacting to another herbal product too.

FWIW, betaine HCl in relatively high doses has been used to treat resistant SIBO which might be one of the issues you are fighting.

 

[Leland]

Thanks Gaby. I thought later after posting maybe it's some kind of biofilm. There are other pieces that look like the end of a tube cut off. Definitely tubular in shape and so worms was my first thought, but they are hollow worms if so. Wondering if those pieces could be coating that was covering villi? I definitely haven't eaten anything shaped like that.

I continue with Betaine and some very high count probiotics as well.

Once this stuff started passing, the allergy symptoms went away, and the tummy/small intestine is feeling much better. If it is some kind of coating it should diminish in volume here pretty soon, so I think I'll keep with it a few more days and see what happens. If it doesn't diminish, then I'll stop the supplements and see if the matter stops.

 

[Gaby]

Once this stuff started passing, the allergy symptoms went away, and the tummy/small intestine is feeling much better. If it is some kind of coating it should diminish in volume here pretty soon, so I think I'll keep with it a few more days and see what happens. If it doesn't diminish, then I'll stop the supplements and see if the matter stops.

Sounds like a good plan. Hope you feel better soon!