yeast all over

[spiffiestbid.livejournal.com]

I seem to be having quite a big problem with yeast. It's not a vaginal yeast infection, but yeast growing all over my skin. It's on my chest, back, neck, and spreading to my face. My naturopathic doctor gave me colloidal silver to apply every night for a week, but that didn't make it go away, and my family doctor gave me monistat to apply which doesn't seem to be making much of a difference. It looks like dark, dried up patches all over my skin that smell like yeast. Has anyone else had this? What else should I try for it? I'd prefer natural remedies if possible.

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[zombie-attaackk.livejournal.com]

from what you said it sounds like its versicolor tinea. which is fungal/yeast whatever. you really should go to the derm. they'll give you some pills and cream that'll make it go away really fast.

[tenchikoi-76.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine years ago had the same problem as you, but much worse than what you're describing. She wouldn't go to the doctor because she only trusted natural remedies. So she found in some natural cures book she had to use a spritz bottle and spray the effected areas with straight bleach. I thought she was nuts to do that to herself, but she's never a had a problem with it since then. Just thought I'd toss that idea out there. But I would seek proffesional help first of course.

[asheneyed.livejournal.com]

yeah my boyfriend used to do this when he had poison ivy...i feel the OP should be warned that it hurt in his case, and he had mild scarring.

[futurism.livejournal.com]

Prescription pills and creams are just as natural as any of the other new age-y crap that people try to use to clear up a fungal infection/yeast issues/any other health problem. I suggest you see a dermatologist. Trying natural remedies to help my sensitive skin/dermatitis did nothing, but once I saw a doctor and got some Elidel, it disappeared and never came back. Good luck.

[https://users.livejournal.com/-poeticmotion-/]

Agreed.

I have chronic eczema and swear by Elidel. I found natural remedies worsened my skin condition.

[dangerousface.livejournal.com]

I'd encourage you to go to a doctor--I had body yeast a couple years back and tried natural treatments and it took me six months to get rid of. I eventually used conventional methods.

Instead of monistat, use lamisil or something that's meant for external use.

Also, try tea tree oil. Cut as much sugar from your diet as possible [no soda, juice, sweets, cut back on fruit for now..] and eat a lot of low sugar yogurt--hell, slap on some plain yogurt. Soak old cotton cut from t-shirts in yogurt and lay it on the worst of it.

Wear natural fibers--cotton, hemp--only and wash your hands frequently, especially when using the rest room

[storychick.livejournal.com]

Gentian violet can cure yeast in breastfeeding mothers. It will dye you (and anything else it touches) purple, though.

I suggest trying something like Diflucan, since you clearly have a systemic infection. You may need more than one dose.

I would also suggest a diabetes test, as resistant yeast can be a sign of sugar problems.

[firesorceress.livejournal.com]

Eat lots of yogurt with live cultures in it (Mountain high is a really good brand, plus it's natural). Avoid sugar like hell, cause yeast feed on it. You could also try getting some of the Mountain High plain yogurt and apply it straight to your skin. I've also heard of taking vinegar baths. I've never had it on my skin, so I'm not speaking from personal experience, it's just what I've heard, or used with regular yeast infections. You can also go to your local health/supplement store and ask the clerk to show you where to find things to get rid of yeast. I found this one where you take these drops every day in your mouth, and take these supplements, and it also suggests a very strict diet (including the no sugary things). It was called Candida-gone or Candi-gone. I didn't finish taking it, but it had rave reviews. You can also pick up some pro-biotics, they're pills with cultures in them, you can get the refrigerated kind, and they basically have the same thing as yogurt has in it. They're cultures that eat up the yeast. Acidophilus and stuff. Anyway, good luck, that sounds like torture, I hope you get better!

[kateherself.livejournal.com]

I would suggest cutting sugar out of your diet and taking acidopholous daily, to help balance your system.

If you do end up taking an antibiotic, make SURE that you take acidopholous, because antibiotics kill all bacteria in your system, even the good kind, and that makes you susceptible to another yeast infection.

[pinkdramon.livejournal.com]

Since it sounds like you do not wish to take traditional medicines,

Would you be willing to try something like homeopathy? They make homeopathy remedies for yeast. It's oral so you either drink it or stick it under your tounge till it gets absorbed.

I forget the names though... D-Candida albicans 38 or something...
One comes in a big white plastic bottle... comes as a pair, you're supposed to take "A" first and then "B" after... and one comes in a little dark green glass bottle with an eyedropper.

Didn't really seem to help me much but didn't do any harm either.

[sand-woman.livejournal.com]

I'm not knocking homeopathy, but the principle is that you take a small amount (usually inactive?) of what's causing the damage to treat the problem. And Candida albicans = yeast. Natural remedies include tea tree oil and acidophilus, but a dermatologist sounds like a good plan.

[leyo.livejournal.com]

As far as I understand it, traditional homeopathy is based on the hypothesis that water has a kind of memory, so that a small amount of something will be dissolved in water and then the solution is diluted and rediluted until it's more or less just water. Theoretically the water remembers the shape of the solute and thus works as if there were an active ingredient. I've yet to hear of any study proving that homeopathic remedies have any more than a placebo effect.

Personally I wouldn't put my faith in it, but YMMV.