pretty wild! <g>
it is all so interesting, isn't it....? we have the opposite problem, actually; dana's severely allergic, so doesn't have even t the tiniest bit of dairy, but has always been very prone to yeast infections..... go figure.
Marla Shapiro, Ph.D.
MSC 5A0622
Regents Center for Learning Disorders
Georgia State University
33 Gilmer Street SE, Unit 5
Atlanta, GA 30303-3085
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Don't know if this is common or not, but I seem to get sinus infections
(leading to sinus headaches so severe I can't stand up) and yeast
infections from eating dairy products. Does anyone else have these
symptoms? The reading that I've done leads me to believe it is not a
lactose allergy, but a milk allergy.
A little background:
When I was 21 months old I had a double-inteceception (my intestines
closed like a telescope and it required surgery). Adhesions at that site
at age 16 and again at age 18 required 2 additional intestinal
operations. As a result, my intestines are shorter than most, and
therefore do not process things as they should.
After I got married and we were trying to conceive, I had 5
miscarriages. All at 10-12 weeks. Don't know if this is related to dairy
or not, but keep reading and it links in... I think. At that time I had
almost constant yeast and sinus infections. I finally consulted a
nutritionist and she suggested a macrobiotic diet. No sugar, dairy,
caffeine, or alcohol for 6 months (along with 50 various vitamin
supplements per day! Well, I did it and within a week, the sinus and
yeast infections were gone! After 6 months I went off the diet and
within 3 days was pregnant. My daughter Cara turned 8 last month!
During her first 2 years, we tried several more times to conceive. With
3 more miscarriages as the result. I went back on the diet, albeit a
modified version, because there were no more sinus or yeast infections.
Veronica is now 5!
As most women, I am "addicted" to chocolate. So every once in a while I
slip and have a little piece. But I pay for it within 12 hours! I have
recently discovered several chocolate recipes that don't contain dairy,
if anyone is interested.
Now, back to the original question: Does anyone know of a link between
sinus and yeast infections and dairy?
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Pammi
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