Candida & Hives

I posted this in another medical forum but thought it might belong here too...

After 3 years my hives are getting better!

I have suffered with horrible hives for 3 years and after trying several specialists found a homeopathic medical doctor - has a medical degree but treats the whole person. He said hives are a sign that something is wrong with my body so we needed to check that out before trying acupuncture or anything. Though I had tons of tests ran in the past, he did new ones - including a blood test for food allergies, something no doctor had done in the past (I have no clue why, seems logical, huh?)

It turns out, I am completely healthy (thank God!) but have a horrible yeast allergy (among other things, including gluten issues) which my doctor feels has thrown off the bacteria balance in my intestines - causing more bad bacteria (candida) than good which has been poisoning my system and causing hives. He put me on a restricted and rotating diet (nothing I'm allergic to, no gluten, no yeast (wheat or vinegar), no milk, no chicken eggs (duck okay), etc - I have a whole book I tote around as a reference), and put me on herbs and probiotics to kill off the bad and build up the good bacteria.

After starting this diet and herbs/ medicine my hives have gone down to averaging a 2 (they had been daily around 7 on a scale of 1 to 10), my skin is clear, I am no longer lethargic and depressed, my bloating went away immediately, my migraines have almost dissappeared (I had thought they were purely hormonal) and I've lost 10lbs!!!! The hives are not completely gone - yet - but its no longer an automatic that I will get hives when stressed, in the sun, hot or when I drink alcohol (which I'm not allowed to do but have cheated once or twice and didn't break out.) The diet is hard, but I am convinced!!

Here is what I've learned:

* I LOVE my homeopathic medical doctor - he approaches you as a whole. The specialists I went to couldn't see outside their little boxes of expertise.

* Find a homeopathic MEDICAL DOCTOR - not just a homeopath. My problem was medical. Had I gone to just a homeopath, I wouldn't have discovered my problem. My mom made the mistake of going to a natural medicine person who was not a doctor and merely got her chakras cleansed.

* Don't dismiss your other symptoms - bloating, fatigue, depression, migraines, hormone imbalances (excessive facial hair, irregular periods, acne), weight gain, horrible hangovers - can be signs that help point to the problem.

* Don't eat the same thing all the time - make sure your diet has variety: my doc says my food allergies/ intolerances were likely brought on my eating the same thing most of the time and stress (and possibly hereditary - my cousin gets unexplained hives).

* I think we are just now beginning to understand candida/ yeast related problems and predict its going to be a bigger issue since our society relies heavily on wheat/ yeast based food. There are other wheat-like grains out there that can be used for pasta and baking - but I didn't really know it until now.

My goal is to someday be able to lay out in the sun again - I think I can get there by next summer. See you on a beach in Hawaii?!?


Hi Nice to know your problems are going away..
Can I know who is your doctor...I am having severe Candida Symptoms..need help to find a right doctor..
Thanks
Banda


i had bad hives at first, i didnt leave the house for literally 6 months (although that was also in part due to the other candida symptoms and feeling completely outside of reality). my face would go really red if i splashed water on it too.


Super Hive Girl, I was Super Hive Boy for about a year myself. My system was overloaded and my liver was a wreck. I also can induce hives by taking aspirin or ibuprofen which is a sign that those pathways of my liver are still compromised.

p.s. you are on the right track, keep it up!



In all probability, the yeast allergy is something fairly recent, caused by your immune system's reaction to fighting Candida yeast 24x7x365xXX. Eventually the immune cells become hypersensitive and an allergy develops

What you now need to find out to effect a cure is what caused the candida overgrowth. It could be caused by overuse of steroids or antibiotics, heavy metal toxicity, xenobiotics or hidden food allergies i.e something with the capacity to cause immune system impairment