Candida In Children

What you should know to treat candida in children.

When you come into the world your digestive system is totally sterile, nothing lives there. No candida in children, bacteria, yeast or viruses are present. As you pass through the vaginal canal you swallow vaginal fluids that contain bacteria and yeast.

Then usually the first thing you do, after the doctor and nurse get done messing with you, is suckle at your mothers breast. The first thing you receive from that breast for the first 24 to 48 hours is colostrum, which is loaded full of antibodies and growth factors to jump start your immune system. This colostrum also coats the lining of the intestine and allows that bacteria you swallowed to attach to the intestinal walls and set up huge colonies. These colonies become your first line of defense against bad bacteria, viruses, parasites, yeasts and microbes that can make you sick.

After that first 24 to 48 hours the milk begins to flow. It contains all the antibodies that the mother has in her body along with more good bacteria to help build those colonies. Hopefully your mother is not deficient and is healthy so you can get these immune stimulating benefits for at least one year. This will help prevent illness and fend off candida in children as well.

At 6 months or so you should have been introduced to foods and hopefully much of that food is vegetables and some fruits. Vegetable fiber and the complex carbohydrates in them help nurture along that colony of good bacteria to defend your body from disease and candida in children. At 18 months you should be on a whole food composed of 50 to 60% fresh vegetables with some fruits, 30% meats and 20% good fats from either those meats or those vegetables. Hopefully dairy and grains have never touched your lips.....but in todays society that is probably not what happened.

The Cause of Candida in Children

Maybe when you passed through the vaginal canal your mother had a yeast infection? Guess what, you swallowed it and developed thrush and intestinal yeast shortly after that. Or you were born by caesarean and completely missed out on the good bacteria found in your mothers vagina. Other bacteria moved in and these strains are not beneficial or have nearly the strength of the bacteria you were supposed to get.

But Mom did feed you from her breast and that helped things but your immune system never quiet became as powerful as it could have. Eventually you came down with a cold, fever, or flu and Mom took you to the doctor. The doctor in all their infinite wisdom prescribed some antibiotics and the infection cleared. But what did this do to your intestinal immune system? How bad did it alter your good to bad bacteria and yeast ratio?

Antibiotics are the main cause of candida in children. They kill good bacteria that is 75% of your immune system and this can allow yeast to over grow. They are made from molds with each species generally targeting a different type of bacteria. In theory, because of this targeting ability, they should not kill good bacteria. But in common everyday practice they do, this is proven everyday by women that take antibiotics for some type of infection. They get vaginal yeast infections as a result. If the targeting ability really worked it would not kill the good bacteria within the woman's vagina would it?

Lets say you were born naturally and Mom has breast fed you all along. Your immune system is developing rapidly and you have not been sick yet. Around about 6 months some solid food is added to your diet and your parents deicde to give you some milk or they have you eat an occasional grain cereal. Shortly there after you develop an ear infection and the good doctor of course prescribes an antibiotic to combat the infection. Same result and you now could be on your way to a candida infection in children.

Maybe your older and you have escaped disease or were only on antibiotics a few times so far. You eat anything and everything, wheat, dairy, sugar by the boatloads, anything that comes in a box and you drink anything in a can. Your gaining weight, your becoming irritable and you argue and fight with your parents. Your stomach feels awful, and your constipated more often than not. It took some time to get to this place you are now but you have slowly destroyed your intestinal immune system and now you might have candida in children.

Candida In Children Symptoms

Other than some of the scenarios I have painted for you above. Common candida in children symptoms are:

thrush
hives
eczema
hyperactive
always tired
athletes foot
frequent daper rash
colic lasting over 3 months
digestive gas and bloating
diarrhea and constipation
chronic sinus and ear infections
craving for sweets
recurrent headaches
a persistent cough
unhappy or depressed
learning problems
having a short attention span.

Dr. William Crook, The Yeast Connection and Dr. C. Orian Truss, The Missing Diagnosis, have also linked candida in children to chronic ear infections.

Treating Candida in Children

Normally I do not suggest all the herbs for treating candida in children because they respond so well to the basics. Most children are simply suffering from a bad diet and underdeveloped or altered immune systems. Remember that 75% of that immune system is in the intestine. Children are so resilient and respond very well to this approach. If your child is older and weighs 90 or more pounds then you could go the adult route found on the treatment page of this website, but it is your decision.

If you suspect your child may also have parasites from the household pet or other playmates, then check the parasite page for the solution. Now the manufaturer of the Ultimate Cleanse does not recommend you give their product to children but I do know people that have done so with no ill effects. My suggestion if you choose this route is to cut the doses in half and go from there.

My Advice for Treating Candida in Children

Now advice is all this is, it is not a medical diagnosis or prescription. Its simply what I would do if your child was mine. If you have questions or concerns about your childs candida in children infection feel free to contact me and explain the situation. I would be more than happy to answer your questions and address any concerns as one friend to another. With that said lets get to it.

Colostrum for candida in children is highly recommended. Colostrum contains antibodies and immunoglobulins just like breast milk that stimulates the immune system. It kills candida yeast and allows the existing bacteria in your child to thrive. One of these immunoglobulins is known as IgA and IgA defends all the mucous linings of the body, the place candida loves to attach.

I recommend chewables because the immune factors are absorbed sublingually thereby avoiding destruction from the stomach acids. What is not absorbed will dissolve before it gets to the stomach and won't trigger stomach acid production so it gets to the intestines to do its work. I also suggest high potency colostrum chewables for candida in children that are flavored so kids will take them. Colostrum tastes awful if it is not packaged this way and your kids will gag and refuse to take it.

Symbiotics Cherry Colostrum Plus and Symbiotics Colostrum Plus Pineapple both do the trick quiet nicely. They contain 800mgs of colostrum and 12 mgs of lactoferrin per dose. These are the stringest colostrum products I have been able to find. I suggest 2 tabs 3 x a day.

Now that you are killing the candida in your child while rebuilding the immune system with colostrum. They need to take a high dose probiotic to further kill more candida, clean them out, and restore bacterial balance within their intestine.

I like Custom Probiotics or Total Immune Booster. Both are high dose, which is what they need right now. Total Immune Booster also contains other immune system stimulating factors that really help kill candida yeast. The digestive system contains around 12 trillion bacteria so giving someone 1 billion or 6 billion is a complete waste of time when they may have candida yeast overgrowth. Its kinda like going to a forest fire with a squirt gun. I suggest 2 to 4 capsules a day but start at one for a week then raise to two or more. With little children you could add this to a bit of low sugar yogurt if needed so they take it.

If they complain about a tummy ache please realize this is normal with probiotics. Whats happening is the bacteria is cleaning them out along with the candida in children infection. They may get slightly constipated as well. This only last 3 to 5 days then they'll have a good bowel movement and everything will be back to normal. So don't stop giving it to them, it will pass.

Organic Coconut oil is also highly recommended for candida in children because coconut oil explodes the nucleus of the candida cell. This has been medically proven! You can also use it on the skin, diaper rash or any form of skin yeast. I have had reports that it works just as well as any prescription anti-fungal, and its non toxic and won't hurt a thing. Matter of fact the fats will really help with a young childs brain development. It is also very heat stable so you can cook with it unlike regular vegetable oils that become toxic when heated.

You will also need to restrict the sugar, grains, dairy, and yeasty foods in their diets so you don't continue to feed the yeast. They may scream and have a tantrum or whatever but you have to do it. Their sugar cravings will pass after a few days so don't give in.

Does this really work for candida in children?

Hi Dan,

I wanted to take a moment of your time to let you know that our daughter Amber (3 1/2) is doing extremely well after following your recommendations. No more itchy vagina and excellent over all heath.

I ended up buying the colostrum chewables by Symbiotics 1.2g each (now I need to find them in Canada! Paid lots of duty fees!) and the pro-biotic you recommended with 50 billion active cells since I could not quickly find any equivalent product at our local health food stores. They both were delivered withing 48 hours which was wonderful. I take the colostrum as well especially when I feel a slight sore throat and a cold coming on since I read this suggestion on your web site.

Amber is still taking one pro-biotic a day (I open it up and spread it on her wheat free flax seed bread or in yogurt) and is taking the colostrum chewables - which she really likes and I am trying to bring her down from 3 in the am and 3 in the pm down to 1.

Thanking you again for your time and generous spirit.

Sincerely and most gratefully,

Julie
Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada

Hello, Dan!

The Colostrum I am taking myself and giving to my precious baby is working. No more yeast infection for Baby Allyson! Thanks for your time and attention.

Sincerely and gratefully,

Connie Stollery

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