Is there a connection to AA with the overabundance of Candida albicans (yeast infection) in the body which negatively impinges on the immune system?
Patients receiving cortisone shots may have an exacerbation of their Candida problem. Unfortunately, other treatments for these patients may be less effective. There was a recent article by Boni et al, “Alopecia areata in a patient with candidiasis-endocrinoopathy syndrome: unsuccessful treatment trial with diphenylcyclopropenone,” Dermatology 191(1):68-71, 1995. The abstract relates that chronic candidiasis of the skin along with endocrine dysfunction is a problem that evolves from an impairment of cellular immunity. According to the authors, the lack of success with diphenylcyclopropenone was due to the chronicity of the alopecia and a delayed hypersensitivity response to the drug. See also autoimmune polyglandular syndrome. Of equal and related importance to alopecia is the following yeast story: NOTED DOUGH BOY DIES Veteran Pillsbury spokesman Pop N. Fresh died Wednesday of a severe yeast infection, he was 71. He was buried Friday in one of the biggest funerals in years. Dozens of
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