First, it is important to understand what the immune system is.  The immune system is of vital importance.  It is a protection mechanism that defends your body against viruses, toxins and parasites.  The immune system actually attacks organisms and substances that invade our body and causes disease.  The immune system is made up of cells, tissues and organs working together.

Candida can weaken the gastrointestinal tract and make it more susceptible to other infections.  An immune system already undermined by other factors such as poor nutrition or environmental pollutants will be unable effectively to deter this yeast growth. When this occurs, Candida will effectively weaken and disturb the immune system so that further damage may occur.

When your immune system is strong, Candida yeasts do not pose any problems.  However, if you take broad-spectrum antibiotics, the good bacteria that prevent fungal infections from developing are knocked out.  The Candida yeasts are not affected, so they multiply and put out toxins that further weaken the immune system.  Consequently, you may experience repeated infections, and these infections may be treated with another round of antibiotics, encouraging further growth of Candida.  It appears to be a vicious circle.

In the intestinal tract, there is Candida, which tries to invade the intestinal wall.  When this occurs, the immune system responds with inflammation. This creates a problem because Candida suppresses the immune system’s offensive weapons, so the Candida stays and the inflammation is prolonged.

The prolonged inflammation creates its own set of digestive problems.  This prolonged inflammation is called ulcerative colitis if it occurs in the large intestine and it is called Crohn’s disease if it occurs in the small intestine. These disorders are prolonged inflammation resulting from the immune system’s inability to clear Candida.

For example as to how a yeast condition can grow and cause problems, in ulcerative colitis, there is painful inflammation of the intestine rather than regulated containment.  As the body fights the yeast in the intestine, some of the cells fighting the yeast circulate and come into contact with yeast on the skin and start an inflammation there, which can lead to additional skin disorders.

As your immune system is the most important thing to preventing illnesses, you should do whatever you can to keep it healthy.  To boost your resilience, you can do many at home things.  First as with many conditions, eating a healthy diet helps with your immune system.  As we have discussed on many occasion, a high fat and high sugar diet can cause an overgrowth of yeast.  It can also create excess weight, both of which would lower your immune system.

Another suggestion to build your immune system is to take vitamins.  These can include simply a multi-vitamin to ensure your body maintains all essential vitamins you might not be getting from your food.  Finally, reduce stress levels.  High stress can lead to a lowered immune system.