Journal of Gastrointestinal & Digestive System
Open Access

Abstract

Many patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are disillusioned by the lack of efficacy of treatments and suffer from numerous symptoms not covered by the Rome criteria for IBS, as the current empirical treatment regimens fail to address these persistent debilitating ?IBS associated symptoms?. These symptoms are similar to other symptom complexes like chronic fatigue and the so called ?candida syndrome?, and many seek help from alternative medicine. The possible role of Candida and yeasts in non-immune compromised individuals is disputed and is the subject of this review. There is increasing evidence for yeasts being able to cause IBS-symptoms in sensitized patients via Candida products, antigens and cross-antigens. Author?s team in Oslo has developed a questionnaire, which is superior to blood samples, to identify those patients who suffer of candida-related health problems.

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