I'm too re-researching the candida angle of things. It's like an insiduous silent destroyer of all body systems eventually.
Medically systemic candida is a near-death state, i find it unbelievable that most MD's don't recognise how destructive and common candida is, without being at that near-death state with it!
This orthomolecular research paper is realllly interesting reading, exploring how acetaldehyde chronic exposure, through candida, leads eventually to multi-organ dysfunction, nitric oxide pathway disruption, aerobic to anaerobic respiration, blood platelet rigidity, auto-immune states etc. It's 28 pages long but well worth the effort to truly appreciate what acetaldehyde does to the body: