rheumatoid arthritus/candida link

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Candida And Rheumatoid Arthritis

 

There is a suspected relationship between candida and rheumatoid arthritis. Nobody really knows how rheumatoid arthritis begins. There is a genetic predisposition suspected.

The possibility that candida, by triggering an immune response in the host, has not been ruled out as a contributing factor in developing candida and rheumatoid arthritis in the first place.

There is more research yet to be done. One recent study involved another bowel infection as a precipitating factor in rheumatoid arthritis and indicated that an infectious cause of some type is a likely factor in developing the disease.

Candida and rheumatoid arthritis is a debilitating and deforming disease involving many joints of the body. It can affect adults and children. It is considered one of the auto-immune disorders because the body causes the disease by attacking its own joint tissues.
Some with the disease can be nearly crippled by the joint deformities and pain. Because this is an immune disease, the individual with candida and rheumatoid arthritis often take medications that suppress the immune system, keeping it from attacking its own tissues.
The problem with using treatments that suppress the immune system is that it leaves the sufferer with the inability to fight off other conditions, such as infections. Candida, in particular, can become overgrown in the bowel or can cause infections on the skin or in the genitourinary tract, in part, because candida resides in these places already.
Candida causes what is called an “opportunistic infection” meaning that it lives in small numbers in and around the body and only causes an infection when the situation is right.
Having rheumatoid arthritis is one of the “right situations” for candida infections. While the immune system is suppressed, the candida can find an opportunity to overgrow in the intestine.
When it does this, it displaces the healthy bacteria and changes form into its mycelial form. This type of intestinal candida can make the lining of the intestine more permeable or “leaky”.
The things that leak into the system are often somewhat toxic. candida secretes over 70 of its own toxins and allows bacterial toxins and environmental toxins into the body. Once the intestinal lining has been compromised allowing candida and other toxins to enter the body you have the staging ground for a systemic yeast infection.
candida overgrowth also attempts to stimulate an inflammatory response which, unfortunately, makes an individual with rheumatoid arthritis feel worse.
The combination of a heightened inflammatory response and the overall body toxicity from toxins lead to an increase in bony and joint pain - the exact symptoms they would get from candida and rheumatoid arthritis.
This means that an overgrowth of candida can be a result of the immune deficiency in rheumatoid arthritis and can also turn around and worsen the symptoms of the disease.
If you are suffering from candida and rheumatoid arthritis, you would do yourself a service to block the proliferation of yeast in your system, particularly in the intestinal tract.
The best mechanism for this is the use of a natural antifungal nutritional supplement and probiotics that keeps the levels of candida in their system as low as possible. Doing so will prevent the overgrowth of candida for an extended period of time and will help improve your health and quality of life.