Re: Anyone heard of cutaneous candidiasis?

One doctor that I spoke with "Off the record" told me something that's very fascinating in this area. He basically said that all fungal infections are just that-fungal infections. But he believes that one of them doesn't add up, and that is Candidiasis. He feels that it's "Something different." And it might involve copper, copper deposits.

They are chelating copper in Type 2 Diabetics right now in New Zealand, and they're curing them, literally. Originally, the goal was to prevent cardio damage, but soon they figured out that they were actually curing the diabetes itself by way of chelating the copper.

Yet, in Type 1 Diabetics, which might be the best example there is of any established pathway that links back to Candidiasis, most Endos still feel that Copper is essential for maintaining arterial health of such patients.

I'm not a medical doctor myself, so please do not take this to be medical advise in any way. But one interesting condition for you to research might be Wilson's Disease, the genetic condition that's affiliated with copper metabolism problems. Once believed to afflict only about 1 in 40k, "Dr. John Doe" believes that number is far, far more common than was originally thought.

Among those with Wilson's, and/or copper absorption problems, copper deposits in brain tissue have been noted. At that point, the question is, "What is Candidiasis," and if it were to have any link to a defect in copper metabolism, how do you fix it.