QUESTIONNAIRE FOR CANDIDA

 

Most people who suffer from chronic immune disorders are plagued with fungal infections. Yeast infections, especially Candida, are a growing problem in the population and play an important roll in autoimmune problems.

1. Were you breastfed as an infant?

2. Have you ever taken a broad spectrum antibiotic, single or multiple courses?

3. Have you taken antibiotics more than three times in one year?

4. Have you taken cortisone drugs or prednisone?

5. Are you asthmatic?

6. Have you taken birth control pills or hormone replacements?

7. Do you have any fungal infections, for example athletes foot, fungus under the toenails, jock itch?

8. Do you feel worse on damp days or in musty, mouldy places?

9. Do you crave sugar, sweets, alcohol, beer, wine, carbohydrates or bread?

10. Do you suffer from constipation, diarrhoea, bloating or abdominal pain, especially after eating sugar, bread or wine?

11. Are you bothered by hormonal disturbances, PMS, menstrual irregularity, sexual dysfunction, sugar craving or low body temperature?

12. Are you sensitive to tobacco smoke, perfumes, insecticides or chemical odours?

13. Does your skin itch, is it unusually dry? Do you have rashes or any kind of psoriasis or scaling?

14. Do some foods disagree with you or trigger symptoms?

15. Do you have any of the following symptoms: Constipation, bloating, wind, tiredness, lethargy, depression, poor memory, inability to concentrate, mood swings, burning, tingling, numbness, muscle aches, weakness, pain in joints?

16. Do you experience abdominal pain, spots in front of eyes, fading vision, rashes in groin area, cold hands and feet?

17. Women: Do you have vaginal discharge, burning, premenstrual syndrome, severe cramps?

18. Men: Do you have prostatitis, impotence, urinary burning?

If the answer is Yes to eight or more of these questions, it is a sure sign of Candida.

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