Recently, the wife of a very good friend of mine came to see me again after she had a relapse of her abdominal bloatedness. She had the problem after her uterus was removed. It was obvious to me that after her operation, she was given a powerful dose of antibiotics and although that killed the bad bacteria that could cause problems, that also killed most of her good gut bacteria and promoted the growth of candida.
She was also found to have soya allergy and was asked to avoid yeast and sugar as they promote the growth of candida. Along with probiotics and her strict adherence to my instructions, her results were amazing.
She remained well for a number of years but unfortunately she had a very bad chest infection and she was given antibiotic and the whole problem started again. She is doing well again and hopefully will remain so.
Another similar case I saw a few weeks ago is a former military attache to the Singapore government. He had severe abdominal symptoms and went to see many gastroenterologists but he was not getting better. I tested him and found him to have yeast allergy as well as candidiasis.
This guy has a really a very sweet tooth, so I duly advised him to refrain from sugars and yeast and guess what, I met him last night at a common good friends dinner and he is doing very well.
This begs the question, "How long must one be on the drops or probiotics?" The answer is, it is difficult to know but if one is exposed to the allergen too quickly after 'getting better', the allergy returns.
Another case will illustrate my point:
A lady lawyer whom I saw many years ago with rather severe multiple allergies, loves cats and she has a number of them in her home. Her allergy has improved with treatment but she continues seeing me for her drops, antidotes for her cat allergy and though she has an occasional rash, it is never severe.
Allergy can relapse if the causes are activated.
And my learning continues.....
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