Candida antibodies tests are necessary to determine if the body needs
any external medications to recover from fungal infection. The pathogen
has the ability to self-stabilise itself and not allow the gut
microbiota to recover and re-establish the normal metabolic environment.
It consolidates its position in the digestive tract and further damages
the inner lining resulting in the release of food and other particles
into the blood stream. The leaked gut is the primary reason for food
intolerance and build-up of gas and subsequent complications.
The
type of treatment to be prescribed depends on finding how the body's
immune system is tackling the problem. Measuring the presence of
immunoglobulin proteins such as IgG in the gut flora help establish the
answer to this question and ascertain the treatment measures to be taken
to address the proliferation. A chronic case such as Candidiasis where
the fungi has permeated into the mucosal tissues increases the level of
IgA, IgG and IgM antibodies. In such instances, their levels are found
to be considerably higher than what would have been under normal
circumstances.
All Candida related antibody and antigen tests
should be checked by a practising physician and evaluated in relation to
the person's medical history. As in the case of all tests, the results
are dependent on various factors such as past infections, the presence
of the protein in the affected tissues and many more. For instance in
the case of IgG, the tests would not be positive in case the person is
suffering from illness and already has a high incidence of the
antibodies in his serum. In certain cases, the IgG may persist several
years after the infection has been completely eradicated. This is mostly
due to the immunoglobulin's ability to persist for a long period of
time.
IgA is predominant in the mucosal tissues though it
represents less than 20% of the proteins found in the human serum. A
high incidence of IgA can be associated with mucosal epithelial,
tracheobronchial, and genito-urinary infections of Candida. IgM is found
in the intravascular cells and is the predominant immunoglobulin in
early infections. Later illnesses may show a lesser level of this
antibody as compared to the earlier ones. Besides these testing that may
or may not prove a positive, antigen checks help determine if the
proliferation has overwhelmed the gut flora. The presence of Candida
antigen in the serum is a very positive indicator that the fungi has
already entrenched itself in the gut. However, the absence of the
antigen is an indeterminate result and cannot be taken as a positive
sign that indicates the absence of the pathogen.
