- What Is This Disease I Have?
- Posted by EaglesReact
I'm male age 55, white, slightly overweight.
I have intestinal gas, bloating, slightly low iron and red blood count. My
doctor tested me for blood in stool, ran tube up my butt. Says I do not have
any cancer.
I am often a bit tired. My patience level for doing tedious chores, nowadays,
is very low. I can tell that -with age and chronic disease of some sort- my
personality is undergoing a change. I no longer have the patience to suffer
fools, bothersome kids, tedious chores, etc.
My skin is quite pale, though I get some sun. I do not bruise easily though. I
have some circles under my eyes, but my general appearance is quite good. Folks
tell me that I look to be 35 instead of 55. I feel my age though. I walk and
bicycle a few miles each day. At times, my legs will get quite tired. My blood
pressure when resting will go down to 100 over 55, pulse about 50 beats per
minute. I have no heart pains or problems that I know of. My blood oxygen is 99
percent.
What disease or syndrome do I seem to have? Anyone out other with similar
circumstances?
- Posted by Kay Sepan
This may not be disease as such. It sounds like you might:
1) Need a vacation
2) Need a slight increase of your hemoglobin (B12 tablets available from GNC
under the tongue once daily should make a big difference if that is it)
3) Need to destress with a good dose of meditation or your religion of
choice.
- Posted by bengaltiger14@juno.com
Perhaps you have candida...
http://www.candida-society.org.uk/
What is Candida?
Candida is controversial. The medical profession denies its existence,
except in very limited cases, making it very difficult (probably
impossible) to get a medical diagnosis of Candida even when an
overgrowth has been confirmed by a laboratory test. Despite this
situation, public awareness of Candida has continued to grow, helped no
doubt by the long list of celebrities who, quite unperturbed by its
lack of medical status, assert that they have had it.
Candida is the popular term for candidiasis (candida overgrowth) - a
condition first identified by American physicians in the 1970s.
Moderate amounts of candida live in every one of us without causing any
harm, but when given free rein to grow unchecked, e.g. by wiping out
the surrounding bacteria with broad-spectrum antibiotics, Candida can
change into its fungal form and spore through the intestinal wall into
the rest of the body. Once through, it rampages around the body
producing a multitude of symptoms.
Common symptoms of Candida
There are too many symptoms to list them all here. A minority of
suffers have numerous symptoms; the vast majority have thrush + a few
others; not every sufferer has thrush.
Group 1: The damage to the intestinal wall allows undesirable toxins to
permeate into the bloodstream. This condition called 'leaky gut
syndrome' often leads to:
* food allergies
* foggy brain
* migraines
* muscle aches
Group 2: Once through to the rest of the body, candida has the ability
to disrupt the endocrine system causing symptoms such as:
* thrush
* fungal infections of the nails/skin e.g. athlete's foot
* cystitis
* weight gain or weight loss
* PMS
* menstrual irregularities
* joint pains
* ear infections
* asthma
* chronic tiredness
* hayfever
* allergies
* sinusitis
* sensitivity to perfume, tobacco smoke and petrol
Group 3: Symptoms in the intestines include:
* bloatedness
* diarrhoea and/or constipation
* flatulence
* itchy anus
In addition, candida involvement has been implicated in some cases of
other llnesses e.g. ME/CFS, Endometriosis.
Rigoberto Muniz

