Candida albicans is a yeast mold which colonises Pandemic Survival Review our internal and external bodily surfaces (skin, mucosal surfaces and the digestive tract) not long after birth.It s important to realise that there are many different antigenic strains or types, all requiring a different response from our immune system when they get out of hand.
Its favorite sites are the esophagus and the small intestine. When kept in check it brings neither harm nor benefit to the host within which it lives. However candida is dimorphic in other words it can live in two states. In the yeast form it can reproduce itself but is unable to move beyond the intestinal tract. If provided with ideal nutrients, though, and if allowed to multiply, it can transform itself into an invasive fungal form. It does this by producing mycelia, the intertwined threads commonly seen on fungi. Once changed in this way it uses the mycelia to penetrate the lining of the digestive tract, pushing out its root-like filaments to gain access to the bloodstream.
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