candida spit test



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Inabadway

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I've found numerous references online to a test done for
candida (yeast) infection. Spit into a glass of water first
thing in the morning. Normal saliva will tend to float, and
will not cloud the water. Infected saliva will tend to
sink, become cloudy, and leave strings extending through
the water. Is there any truth to this test? I have a
chronic systemic infection that hasn't been diagnosed in 2
years, docotors just give me more and more antibiotics that
do nothing. I tried this test and my saliva sunk like a
rock, leaving dozens of thin strings and stringy bits
floating in the water, and made a big cloudy pool at the
bottom of the glass.

I can just imagine what my doctor will say about this
"test".
 
inabadway wrote:

> I've found numerous references online to a test done for
> candida (yeast) infection. Spit into a glass of water
> first thing in the morning. Normal saliva will tend to
> float, and will not cloud the water. Infected saliva will
> tend to sink, become cloudy, and leave strings extending
> through the water. Is there any truth to this test? I have
> a chronic systemic infection that hasn't been diagnosed in
> 2 years, docotors just give me more and more antibiotics
> that do nothing. I tried this test and my saliva sunk like
> a rock, leaving dozens of thin strings and stringy bits
> floating in the water, and made a big cloudy pool at the
> bottom of the glass.
>
> I can just imagine what my doctor will say about
> this "test".

Candida in the mouth has a very easily recognizable
appearance. It can be cultured, but this isn't usually
necessary. Certainly, if you've been on a variety of
antibiotics in an attempt to treat an infection over a
prolonged period of time it will increase the chances of
a candida infection. Do you have any symptoms that lead
you to believe you may have a yeast infection?

Steve

--
Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS
Brooklyn, NY
718-258-5001
http://www.dentaltwins.com
 
On 2004-04-21 18:16:38 -0400, "inabadway" <[email protected]> said:

> I can just imagine what my doctor will say about
> this "test".

That it's ****? You're right. Because it is.
 
"Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Candida in the mouth has a very easily recognizable
> appearance. It
can be
> cultured, but this isn't usually necessary. Certainly, if
> you've been on a variety of antibiotics in an attempt to
treat
> an infection over a prolonged period of time it will
> increase the chances
of a
> candida infection. Do you have any symptoms that lead you
> to believe you may have a yeast infection?

Chronic watery diarrhea and urinary infection, symptoms in
my mouth are migratory glossitis and minor white coating.
I'm not concerned about my mouth.
 
"anon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:2004042118533475249%anon@anoncom...
> On 2004-04-21 18:16:38 -0400, "inabadway" <[email protected]> said:
>
> > I can just imagine what my doctor will say about this
> > "test".
>
> That it's ****? You're right. Because it is.

Go spit in a glass of water and tell me what it looks like
at 5 minutes and at 30 minutes. Mine sinks like a stone with
dozens of white strings, and in 30 minutes it leaves a thick
white film all over the bottom of the glass. Is that normal?
 
On 2004-04-21 21:19:49 -0400, "inabadway" <[email protected]> said:

> Go spit in a glass of water and tell me what it looks like
> at 5 minutes and at 30 minutes.

Sorry, no. I have a life.
 
inabadway wrote:
> "Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS"
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>> Candida in the mouth has a very easily recognizable
>> appearance. It
>
> can be
>
>>cultured, but this isn't usually necessary. Certainly, if
>>you've been on a variety of antibiotics in an attempt to
>
> treat
>
>>an infection over a prolonged period of time it will
>>increase the chances
>
> of a
>
>>candida infection. Do you have any symptoms that lead you
>>to believe you may have a yeast infection?
>
>
> Chronic watery diarrhea and urinary infection, symptoms in
> my mouth are migratory glossitis and minor white coating.
> I'm not concerned about my mouth.
>
Well, you'd need the help of your physician to
determine if yeast has anything to do with your
urinary tract symptoms or diarrhea. Of course, many
antibiotics can also cause diarrhea directly
(without assuming superinfection). I think it's
highly likely that many cases of so-called benign
migratory glossitis (geographic tongue) are
associated with candida, though not invariably; the
actual appearance is caused by an irregular
sloughing of the filliform papillae of the tongue.
The more common appearance of thrush (as you may
know by now) is a white deposit (described usually
as a "curds and whey" appearance) which is easily
scraped from the tissue surface, leaving a glossy
and fiery red mucosa underneath. It may burn or itch
a bit, but is usually not as painful as it looks.

Steve
 
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