Even some health professionals get confused by the similar symptoms of gastrointestinal disorders, as many of them overlap.
Unraveling the confusion of Overlapping Symptoms…
This is a very important topic, as many symptoms overlap when it comes to Gastrointestinal illnesses, diseases, and infections. It is absolutely necessary to understand this so that your clients are not confused by these before, during, or even after any treatments.
For example, some clients may have experienced certain symptoms, and you do a diagnosis, then a pathology test concludes the client is H. pylori positive. Next, they complete a treatment to clear the H. pylori infection – only to find the same old symptoms return soon after.
This does not necessarily mean that your treatment has not worked or that they are still infected with H. pylori. You might be thinking this doesn’t make sense, so let us explain…
During initial diagnosis, health practitioners typically assess symptoms for the more common illnesses, diseases, and infections. This also applies to the range of laboratory tests. A good example of this is that we have found that between 65 to 70% of patients who test positive for H. pylori will also test positive for Candida Albicans.
What is even more interesting is that the symptoms of H. pylori are VERY similar to those of Candida albicans.
HERE’S THE PROBLEM! The pathology tests used to determine the status of H. pylori and Candida albicans are usually different; therefore, Candida infection, or Candida overgrowth, is often overlooked.
Yet most patients being treated for H. pylori have symptoms that relate to both Candida albicans and H. pylori, so it is easy for health practitioners to get confused by these symptoms and treat the wrong condition over and over again.
The golden rule is that if your client experiences persistent symptoms after treatment, this is a clear indication that they have an underlying complication that needs to be identified and treated. Staying with the example above and the point about persistent symptoms, we would like to make a distinction between H. pylori and Candida albicans infections.
CANDIDA ALBICANS – Gastrointestinal Tract Disorder
When Candida Albicans is activated, the yeast infection tends to multiply very rapidly. This is because the normal 60:40 ratio of ‘good versus bad bacteria’ shifts to 20:80, where the bad bacteria take control, leaving the good bacteria with no hope of coping.
H. PYLORI – Gastrointestinal Tract Disorder
By comparison, H. pylori can take years to colonize in our stomach. It happens so slowly that we refer to this bacteria as a ‘stealth invader’. Given the above, we suggest you do a blood test to determine the Candida Albicans status of your client if in any doubt.
Thank you for reading with us. Next month, we will discuss “Essential and complementary foods to add to an H.Pylori reduction diet.”
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