Do you suffer from one or more of the following symptoms?

  • Unpleasant bloating and wind, especially after eating carbs
  • Diarrhoea or constipation which might alternate
  • Nausea and/or acid regurgitation
  • Unexplained tiredness or lethargy
  • Sweet craving
  • IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  • Depressive moods like ‘winter blues’
  • Recurrent colds and/or a low immune system
  • Eczema
  • Recurrent vaginal thrush
  • Recurrent cystitis and alike

If you answer yes to more than two or these symptoms, you may be suffering with a Candida/yeast infection.

What is Candida?

Candida usually means Candida albicans, which is a type of yeast. It is a normal inhabitant of the human gut and is responsible for the breaking down of complex sugars. However, when it becomes the dominant organism in the gut, it can contribute to many problems. An overgrowth of Candida is also referred to as Candidiasis or Yeast Overgrowth.

Factors which encourage Candida overgrowth include: antibiotics, oral contraceptives, steroid drugs, more than one pregnancy, smoking and sugar consumption.

Why test for Candida?

Because there are such wide range of symptoms associated with Candida overgrowth it isn’t always obvious that Candida is causing the problem. The only way to know is to take a test so you can ensure the symptoms are correctly treated.  

The Test

This is a full screen for candida, and all other yeasts and moulds from a stool sample and a mouth swab. Your stool will also be tested for its pH (measures the acidity of your stool which gives information about your friendly bacteria)

The price of the test is £50, which is very competitive in the current market as this test is tasting not only for intestinal candida but also for candida in your saliva.

To order a test, click here

FAQs

1. Is it difficult to take a stool sample?

Admittedly the procedure does not sound very nice, but if you consider that you can take the test in the privacy of your own home and that this might save you from having more invasive investigations, then it does not seem so bad any more. You will get a hygienic sample jar with a small spoon and a stool collecting strip, which will make the procedure very easy and clean. Teh kit comes with full. easy to understand, instructions.

2. This test cost less than many others. Are they not scientific?

We were quite speechless when we were first asked if our tests are not scientific because our prices are so reasonable. The Dr. Hauss Laboratory (who carry out the testing) certainly works to the highest scientific standards but in Germany laboratory prices are controlled by the NHS equivalent insurers. This is the reason that the prices have been stable for the last ten years.

3. Which guarantee do you give for the test quality?

The Dr. Hauss Laboratory, which performs all our tests, is a well known and accredited laboratory in Germany and performs regular, strict quality controls. All devices and substances used in the microbiological analytic processes are constantly checked and validated. The lab always takes part in mycological interlaboratory comparisons. Since the introduction of these controls in 2000 this lab has achieved a 100% pass rate each year. In addition to this they are also regularly inspected by the German Public Health Department, Company Physicians and by their professional association, none of them known to be soft.