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Article: Effectively diagnosing and treating Candida.(skin fungal infections)
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- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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Everyone's immune system has strengths as well as weaknesses. Some people never get colds but have frequent bouts of athlete's foot or other skin fungal infections. Others never get fungal infections but tend to get colds. Many people seem to have a diminished ability to fight off fungal infections.
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Fungi are very complex organisms and can cause difficulties to many mechanisms. It is suspected that fungal overgrowth may suppress the body's immune system. The body may also develop allergic reactions to components of the yeast.
This allergic reaction was suggested in a study that connected the fungal organism Candida ...