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Re: type 1 diabetes & fungus infection
"Henry Kolesnik" <kolesnik~sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Is there a Dr. and lab in Dallas that has is good at
> culturing and identifying a fungus and treating the
> infection. Diflucan doesn't work. thanks
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Have a talk to your pharmacist, for starters. There are quite
a few options to try before you resort to the more dangerous
drugs. As was mentioned, many of those are very hard on the
liver, (including Diflucon), and once taking them, frequent
monitoring of liver enzymes is required. I get good results
from nilstatin when treating candida albicans, although I have
to have a prescription for the oral variety if needed (like
after a course of antibiotics). That particular fungus lives
in the digestive tract, but can infect other orifices, and
even the skin. Once "knocked down", the best management
practice is ingesting pro-biotics, which keep it in line.
Diabetics are very prone to fungal infections, of many kinds
and in various parts of the body. They just love our sweet
blood. If, as you implied, you are a female, then any oral
contraceptives or HRT also favour it's growth.
As someone else mentioned, getting bg levels as close as you
can to non-diabetic levels helps a lot.
Have you discussed this with your regular doctor? I believe
most are very good with this kind of thing.
Annette
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