Candida hypersensitivity

Short description: Proposed syndrome

Candida hypersensitivity

systemic candidiasis, chronic candidiasis
Pseudomedical diagnosis
Risks| Nocebo
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* Adrenal fatigue
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* Candida hypersensitivity
* Chronic Lyme disease
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Candida hypersensitivity is a pseudoscientific syndrome promoted by William G. Crook, M.D.[1] It is spuriously claimed that chronic yeast infections are responsible for many common disorders and non-specific symptoms including fatigue, weight gain, constipation, dizziness, muscle and joint pain, asthma, and others.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Background
* 2 Symptoms
* 3 Criticism
* 4 Legal action
* 5 See also
* 6 References

## Background

Candida albicans is a fungus that colonizes a large majority of the population (meaning it is present in the body but not causing an infection or any problems). Under certain conditions, however, it can cause an infection. The most common manifestations are thrush (a superficial Candida infection in the mouth) and vaginitis, also commonly referred to as a yeast infection. Several Candida species can also cause a serious infection known as invasive candidiasis, which can be systemic if blood borne (candidaemia). This is almost always restricted to those with compromised immune systems, such as patients undergoing chemotherapy or with advanced AIDS, or undergoing medical treatments.[2]

## Symptoms

After reading publications by C. Orian Truss, M.D.,[3] Crook proposed the idea that a condition he termed systemic candidiasis, or Candida hypersensitivity, was responsible for a long list of common conditions and non-specific symptoms including fatigue, asthma, psoriasis, sexual dysfunction, and many others.[2] The list of symptoms is similar to that of multiple chemical sensitivity.[4] Many patients presenting with symptoms of environmental sensitivity claim to suffer from multiple "fashionable" syndromes.[5]

## Criticism

The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology strongly criticized the concept of "candidiasis hypersensitivity syndrome" and the diagnostic and treatment approaches its proponents use. AAAAI's position statement concludes: (1) the concept of candidiasis hypersensitivity is speculative and unproven; (2) its basic elements would apply to almost all sick patients at some time because its supposed symptoms are essentially universal; (3) overuse of oral antifungal agents could lead to the development of resistant germs that could menace others; (4) adverse effects of oral antifungal agents are rare, but some inevitably will occur; and (5) neither patients nor doctors can determine effectiveness (as opposed to coincidence) without controlled trials. Because allergic symptoms can be influenced by many factors, including emotions, experiments must be designed to separate the effects of the procedure being tested from the effects of other factors.[4][6]

By 2005, scientists were taking note of "a large pseudoscientific cult"[7] that had developed around the topic of yeast infections, with claims that up to one in three people were affected by yeast-related illnesses including Candida hypersensitivity.[4]

## Legal action

Some practitioners of alternative medicine have promoted dietary supplements as supposed cures for this non-existent illness, rendering themselves liable to prosecution.[4][8] In 1990, alternative health vendor Nature's Way signed a FTC consent agreement not to misrepresent in advertising any self-diagnostic test concerning yeast conditions or to make any unsubstantiated representation concerning any food or supplement's ability to control yeast conditions, with a fine of US$30,000 payable to the National Institutes of Health for research in genuine candidiasis.[8]

## See also

* List of topics characterized as pseudoscience

## References

1. ↑ Crook, William G. (1986). The Yeast Connection: A Medical Breakthrough. Vintage Books. ISBN 0933478062. https://archive.org/details/yeastconnection00croo.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Novella, Steven (25 September 2013). "Candida and Fake Illnesses". https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/candida-and-fake-illnesses/.
3. ↑ Truss, CO (1983). The Missing Diagnosis. Birmingham, AL: The Missing Diagnosis, Inc..
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Dubious "Yeast Allergies"". October 8, 2005. http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/candida.html.
5. ↑ Stewart, Donna E. (1990). "The Changing Faces of Somatization". Psychosomatics 31 (2): 153–158. doi:10.1016/S0033-3182(90)72188-3. ISSN 0033-3182. PMID 2330395.
6. ↑ Anderson, J; Chai, H; Claman, H; Ellis, E; Fink, J; Kaplan, A; Lieberman, P; Pierson, W et al. (1986). "Candidiasis hypersensitivity syndromeApproved by the executive committee of the American academy of allergy and immunology". Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 78 (2): 271–273. doi:10.1016/S0091-6749(86)80073-2. ISSN 0091-6749. PMID 3734279.
7. ↑ Odds, FC (1987). "Candida infections: an overview.". Critical Reviews in Microbiology 15 (1): 1–5. doi:10.3109/10408418709104444. PMID 3319417.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Jarvis WT. "Candidiasis Hypersensitivity". National Council Against Health Fraud. http://www.ncahf.org/articles/c-d/candida.html.

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Pseudoscience

Terminology|

* Cargo cult science
* Charlatan
* Crank
* Fringe theory
* Fringe science
* Pseudoarchaeology
* Pseudohistory
* Junk science
* Paranormal
* Pathological science
* Quackery
* Snake oil
* Superseded scientific theory
* True-believer syndrome
* Voodoo Science

Topics
characterized as
pseudoscience|

* 2012 phenomenon
* Acupuncture
* Adrenal fatigue
* Alchemy
* Alternative medicine
* Ancient astronauts
* Anthroposophic medicine
* Applied kinesiology
* Aquatic ape hypothesis
* Astrology
* Bates method
* Biodynamic agriculture
* Bloodletting
* Body memory
* Catastrophism
* Chiropractic
* Chromotherapy
* Conspiracy theory
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* Climate change denial
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* Conversion therapy
* Creation science
* Cryonics
* Cryptozoology
* Crystal healing
* Detoxification
* Colon cleansing
* Dianetics
* Doctrine of signatures
* Doktor Koster's Antigaspills
* Dowsing
* Ear candling
* Electromagnetic hypersensitivity
* Electronic voice phenomenon
* Eugenics
* Facilitated communication
* Feng shui
* Flat Earth theory
* Germ theory denialism
* Graphology
* HIV/AIDS denialism
* Hollow Earth theory
* Homeopathy
* Humorism
* Indigo children
* Intelligent design
* Japhetic theory
* Levitation
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* Naturopathy
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* Nibiru cataclysm
* Numerology
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* Perpetual motion
* Phrenology
* Polygraph
* Primal therapy
* Pseudoarchaeology
* Pseudohistory
* Genocide denial
* Historical negationism
* Holocaust denial
* Pseudoscientific metrology
* Psychohistory
* Quantum mysticism
* Rapid prompting method
* Recovered-memory therapy
* Reiki
* Scientific racism
* Aryan race
* Melanin theory
* Trepanning
* Ufology
* Vertebral subluxation
* Voice stress analysis
* Water memory
* Cowpathy

Promoters of pseudoscience|

* Andrew Wakefield
* Deepak Chopra
* Gaia, Inc.
* Goop (company)
* Jenny McCarthy
* Mehmet Oz
* William Donald Kelley

Related topics|

* Bourgeois pseudoscience
* Demarcation problem
* Scientific method
* Suppressed research in the Soviet Union
* Traditional medicine

Resources|

* Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
* Cults of Unreason
* Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience
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* Quackwatch
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* The Psychology of the Occult
* The Ragged Edge of Science
* The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience
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