Gemma Bailey

The disease Candidasis or Candida is caused by the yeast like organism, Candida albicans, which infests the bowel and the skin If it grows in a prolific manner, it can cause the patient to suffer from food allergy, bowel disturbance, fatigue, palpitations, thrush, uncontrollable shaking, insomnia, nightmares, migraine, depression, chronic fatigue, menstrual difficulties and catarrhal problems

If I’m honest, I always shudder a little when I set out to write an article such as this one The main reason is that whilst at this moment in time, the words I am writing will make perfect sense, I also know that there will be a time when they come back to haunt me

It does seem in life that over time there are newer varieties of physical ailments and mental disorders I wonder if that is because we are getting smarter and so more able to understand the human body, mind and behaviour better than before, or if we’ve got into a habit of labelling stuff and try to excuse behaviour and illness by giving it a name so that we no longer taking responsibility for it occurring