Cases
Illinois 4 May 2016 - Jan 2017
Indiana 1 Mar 2017
Maryland 1 Apr 2016
Massachusetts 1 Jan 2017
New Jersey 16 Jul 2015 - Apr 2017
New York 53 May 2013, Apr 2016 -Apr 2017
Oklahoma 1 Apr 2017
Sounds just awful.
Explain the situation to your infectious disease specialist and if he or she is unable to show you the results of your blood tests right then and there then you need to find a new specialist ASAP.
Here in NC it was Broncitus. I had it in Nov and again in Feb. My Wife got it March and just about everyone I know also had it in the last 8 months.
Nystatin doesn’t work? It kills most candida infections.
Bleach...................
I recommend Chicken with Forty Cloves.
Make sure you are keeping records of all of your contacts and dates of contact, who you speak with, what you are told, etc. If you haven’t been doing this, start now.
I would suggest that you call the place again, tell them you cannot see the tests, and you wish to speak with the highest-level supervisor in that office. Then tell that person that you are tired of going around in circles on this with them, and that you intend to call the State Medical Board, the CDC, and the AMA. (Make up some other stuff to add to the list, if it seems like fun...).
Just see if this gets you anywhere. GOOD LUCK.
We have a family friend who seemed to always suspect candida as the source of all ailments. It’s real, but hardly ubiquitous and rarely lethal.
I always wondered how Tony Orlando got the name for the song.
I read a lot of low carb diet forums and science on restricting carbs. I see mentions of low carb diets helping to starve and clear up candida. However, it may not be the same strain you are dealing with but may be worth looking into to help weaken it.
Had this (candidasis) in 2013, it feels like you’re gasping for air. Fluconazole cleared it right up.
Quest often won’t put results on your portal until weeks after the test. Also, as you found out, Quest has designed itself to deliberately have zero customer service. It’s impossible to contact Quest in any meaningful way and certainly impossible to get Quest to respond in any meaningful way.
There doesn’t seem to be a ‘ground zero’ for C. auris, as cases have appeared in different geographical locations somewhat simultaneously. The following is from an article that came out yesterday:
“Most cases of C. auris that have been reported have been from the blood,” Tsay wrote in an email, though she noted that it has also been seen in urine, the respiratory tract, wounds, bile fluid and the ear.
“The fact that it has been found in other sites may also reflect its ability to persist on a patient’s body and be spread in the environment around them — one of (the) reasons that C. auris is causing outbreaks,” Tsay said.”
“Another concern is that testing of patients’ rooms identified C. auris on mattresses, beds, windowsills, chairs, infusion pumps and countertops. This ability to linger on the surfaces of health care environments and spread between patients is unlike most of the other 20 species of Candida that cause infections in humans.”
“After a thorough cleaning with a sodium hypochlorite-based disinfectant, the fungus could not be found in the rooms of patients infected with C. auris.”
DR. MERCOLA has excellent articles on candida albicans http://www.drmercola.com/results/?q=Candida%20Auris
If you’re worried, it might help to kill the sugar and starch in the diet for a week or two and build your immune system:
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin B-12
Omega-3 fish oil
Vinegar/honey
Cranberries
Yogurt
Grapefruit seed extract
Garlic and Thyme (spaghetti!)
Coconut oil/drop of clove gargle
Peanut Butter*
Coconut oil* light drizzle on sweet potatoes
* note medication precautions: https://www.verywell.com/caprylic-acid-89017