Candida Overgrowth

Yeovil Hospital has sought to reassure the public that there have been no cases reported of a dangerous drug-resistant fungus. Hospitals across the UK have been dealing with a number of outbreaks of the fungus candida auris, which was first found in […]

16 th August 2017 -- Japanese fungus - also called Candida auris (C. auris) - has affected more than 200 patients in hospitals in England - but what is it? Candida auris is a less common member of the Candida family of yeast fungi that live on the sk […]

The fungus, Candida auris, has been resistant to all three main classes of anti-fungal drug treatment. It was first identified in the ear canal of a 70-year-old woman in Japan and has been likened to a ‘superbug’. The first case of Candida auris in t […]

Some 20 NHS trusts and independent hospitals had seen infections from the fungus Candida auris, PHE said. Three hospitals had seen outbreaks that were "difficult to control" while 35 hospitals were reported to have received patients known t […]

A strain of Candida auris cultured in a petri dish at CDC. (CDC) Originally found in Japan, the fungus lives both on the skin and inside the human body. Although healthy carriers of the fungus usually do not have symptoms and do not become sick ... […]

Hospitals are on the lookout for further cases and are putting in place measures to help control any further spread of the fungus, Candida auris. Public Health England says in some cases patients will have no symptoms, but the infection can cause ser […]

In the vast majority of patients I see who are dealing with brain fog, their symptoms are all caused by a gut infection called yeast overgrowth, commonly referred to as Candida overgrowth. And once their Candida overgrowth is eliminated their brain f […]