Candida can be misdiagnosed because the symptoms are similar to other common problems.

There are many people all over the world that right now are suffering from Candida yeast infection. Candida is the silent epidemic. The reason for this is that most people are misdiagnosed.

When there is a misdiagnoses, this can actually encourage Candida to grow even fruther.

If your doctor thinks that you have IBS, or Crohn’s disease or even Gastroenteritis, this could be a problem. He or she may also prescribe an anti-inflammatory drug, Cortisone. This is where the problem can begin. What happens then when this drug is introduced, steroids are sent to the belly. This will increase the growth of the Candida colonies.

Here is a fact for you… Did you know that 80% of the population live with Candida and Yeast infection. The thing is that anyone can become a victim of this disease, male or female. The thought was that with female yeast infection that only female’s would get Candida. That is incorrect, male’s can get it too.

Most of the misdiagnosis occur because the traditional doctors are not familiar with Candida. They did not learn about this in school. Another reason is that the symptoms of Candida are very similar to many other ailments.

Here are some of the Candida Symptoms:

• Abdominal pain – this can be confused with IBS
• Joint pain – this can also be confused with arthritis
• Urinary infections – antibiotics won’t help this
• Bloating and indigestion – this also can be confused with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

And there are many others that we are going to talk about.