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Hi,

Here is my story. I would be very grateful for any input.

Day 0:  Unprotected received fellatio and protect vaginal sex with an escort. Mutual masturbation and vaginal secretion probably in contact with my penis from hands
Day 1: frequent urination and burning tip of the penis for 2 days. I do not urinate frequently anymore
Day 4: intermittent discomfort in the left testicular lasting for 8 weeks as well as discomfort in the upper legs area.
Day 10: a rash, probably a Maculopapular very itchy rash lasting for 6 days. (I had gone to the beach the same day and I started to feel itchy while in the water. I had taken also the day before 1,5 mg of Zithromax)
11 week: White furry tongue (neither fungi or bacterial infection) with a fever of 37,2 Celsius lasting for a week. White tongue persisting until now (3 months) as well as a loss of appetite and weight loss in the legs area. (I had gone to the dentist on the 8th week for a root canal treatment and was on antibiotics Dalacin C 300 for 8 days)
22 weeks: hair loss, mainly from my eyebrows and hair on my torso and stomach. Lasting till now (week 26)
As at today, I still have a white tongue, a loss of appetite and hair loss issues.
I have made STDs check and 7 HIV 1&2 tests all negative. My blood picture is normal. I have just noticed that my WBC and lymphocytes fluctuate within the normal range. I have also done a CD4 CD8 count and they were within the normal range.

What kind of infection could I have caught?
I have come across this new HIV like disease:  

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/23/health/adult-onset-immunodeficiency-syndrome
https://sites.google.com/site/newhivaidslikeviruschina/home  

Should I be worried about this disease? Should I do an interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and a  quantative immunoglobin tests?
Thank you.
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1415174 tn?1453243103
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Your results look great. I'm glad you got the quant immunoglobulin done. I hope you feel better.
mkh9
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I have just done today a CBC and the quantative immunoglogoline test.

The CBC results are normal.

These are my immunogloboline results:

TOTAL IGA 2.56           normal range 0.7 - 4.0 g/L
TOTAL IGG 11.30           normal range7.0 - 16.0 g/L
TOTAL IGM 0.44           normal range 0.4 - 2.3 g/L

I have rather low IGM :s
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here is a link for the 30 billion probiotic one. http://www.renewlife.com/ultimate-flora-senior-30-billion.html.

I read on some website that it is recommended 100 billion??!
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i also found this product.  http://www.renewlife.com/candigone.html

please look at the product information and let me know what do you think
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1415174 tn?1453243103
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Either one are equally good. Go by price then and 15 billion is plenty.
mkh9
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I went to check some probiotics pills and found one with 15 billion and another with 30 billions both with 10 strains, which one should I take you think?
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1415174 tn?1453243103
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No but it can take up to months sometimes. You can get it soon as well. Sorry for not being more clear. No I'm sure it was the antibiotics that did it.
mkh9
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Thank you for your answer. Are you sure that it has to take 2 to 3 months after taking antibiotics to have candida or yeast? if so, so this means that the antibiotics I took have nothing to do with my current candida/yeast problem and white tongue?!!! I had never taken antibiotics before
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1415174 tn?1453243103
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Well, you should still take the probiotics, that will treat the Candida non-albcans or yeast problem. It looked like the last thing you had done had only a microscopic evaluation and it was only a low amount of yeast. But it won't hurt to take the probiotics. Usually, after taking antibiotics it takes 2-3 months to cause problems anyway such as yeast and knocking out your normal gut flora. So I would still get retested for your stool culure for both yeast (candida and non candida they are both yeast) and the E. histolytica One more time in about a month after you have taken the probiotics a while. but if you doctor wanted you take a sample for E. histo sooner you could do that and then recheck for the yeast in a month.
mkh9
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Well I know that i still have candida non albican, asI did take any steps to treat it since the specific culture for Candidathat i had done on the 10th of April.
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1415174 tn?1453243103
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Ok, I see.
It sounds like you don't know what the present situation culture wise is for yeast. They just did a microscopic evaluation of the stool sample for yeast So, yes it is the same but it doesn't sound like you had as much of it. But I would get another culture done when  you see this doctor or see what he says. In the mean time do the probiotics and hopefully it will clear up. And, yes  it sounds like the parasite or E. histo is still gone. So, let me know how it goes. I think things are clearing up. I hope you start feeling better and your appetite starts coming back. I would retest for a stool culture in a weeks and make sure you get both the yeast (candida and non cadida) done plus the parasite test done. Also, if you have a choice have a routine stool culture done. See if everything is normal.
mkh9
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The Stool culture was done on the 10th of April as well, and got the results yesterday saying I have Candida Non albican.

Yesterday I did a atool analysis and got my results yesterday as well (Not culture) saying I have few yeast cells. no parasite was detected. which means that according to this single test i am E. histolytica free right?

So I still have yeast (candida) but I am normally cleared from E histolytica.

are the few yeast cells detected in my stool analysis of yesterday related to the Candida that I have?
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1415174 tn?1453243103
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Ok so One test on May 2nd said few yeast cells (this probably was from a smear not a culture). Then you had a test (ova and parasite test) on April 10th, that said E. histolytica was detected and you took your antibiotics for this. Then you had a test that was a culture that said non candida albicans resistant to all antibiotics , when was that done? I assume was a culture or they wouldn't know that it was resistant to antibiotics. Also, then you had  a negative test (ova and parasite or O&P) for E. histolytica that was negative when was that? Did you have the yeast culture that day or was that the day you had the non-Candida albicans positive?  I'm trying to figure out whether  you are clear of yeast or not?
thanks,
mkh9
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Ok I will try to clear things up :)

the most recent stool test done on the 2nd of May was a stool analysis which as I understand can't detect Candida. So in that stool analysis I had few yeast cells, without saying if it is candida or not. That was all.

The Candida stool culture was done on the 10th of April. and I got my results for this yesterday.I did not take any treatment for this.

From my stool analysis done also on the 10th of April, E. Histolytica was detected and I started on the 17th of April the drugs for this. And as my stool analysis of yesterday didn't not detect any Cyst or parasite this means that E.Hystolica is gone right? but I have to do another one in a week to be sure I think.

Please let me know if you need any further clarification.

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1415174 tn?1453243103
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Let me ask again, because it doesn't matter whether it is Candida albicans or non albicans in the stool really . What matters is that your normal flora has been disrupted by yeast. A few yeast is normal so it is only when you have a predominance that it is abnormal. So the stool that you had most recently had few yeast C. albicans or non albicans? It sounds from your post that you had no E. histo, and few yeast on the 17th of April and the candida non albicans was done on the 10th (before the one on the 17th) so it should have been gone or back to normal right? I don't know what a B2 level is. I haven't done flow cytometry.
regards,
mkh9
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10 days after taking the Faladazole for E.Histolica, my stool analysis, that I have done yesterday, were normal with no parasites detected only few yeast cells were detected.

The candida stool culture was done on the 10th of April. So normally now the E.Histolica is treated since I do not have it in my stools. But i will retest in a week. If it has been cured than my only problem now is The Candida non-albican and off course all the other symptoms I have :s
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1415174 tn?1453243103
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Ok. so it sounds like the first antibiotic caused the yeast to predominate. But then by april 17th you only had few yeast cells and the rest normal bacterial flora? If so then you don't really have a big problem. That is good you are not constipated either. I misunderstood you the that the recent stool culture had shown the pure culure (no other bacteria present) of yeast. Is this correct then? If so then I think you are on your way to healing and that you may not need the GI doctor. You still should recheck the stool again in about 10 days to look for yeast and also for E. histolytica. If things are still good then I would probably follow up with a general practice doctor or an infectious disease doctor instead just to make sure you have covered your bases with the E. histo and you might as well get the immunoglobulin test done so you feel like did everything. The family practice doctor can check your tongue too or even a dentist if you are going for a cleaning.
The only reason I thought you should go to the GI doc was I thought you still had the pure culture of yeast. But also if you still want to see the GI doc because of your lack of appetite and weight loss you could go anyway. But I'm pretty sure it is caused by the antibiotics and /or the E. histo. But it won't hurt to take the probiotics and/or yogurt for about a month and see how it goes. It won't hurt for sure.
take care,
mkh9
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I had done a CD4 CD8 count test and got the following results:

CD4: 45,9%   828
CD8: 31,8%   573
Ratio: 1.4

But in the flow cytometry report I noticed that I have very low B2 count of 9. is this normal?

B1 is 563
B2 is 9
B3 is 414
B4 is 816

Thanks you
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Many thanks for your advice.

I will make a list of questions. the antibiotics I had taken before my stool analysis and cultures, was Dalacin C 500 for like 9 days (started on December 24th), then 2 weeks later I was on Ciprofaxalin for a week. But the white tongue and loss of appetite came before taking the second antibiotic (Ciprofaxalin).
My stool culture for Candida was done 3 months after taking these two antibiotics. (on the 10th of April)

After taking the 3rd antibiotic Fladazol (on the 17 of april), for treatment of E. Histolytica, my stool analysis showed only few yeast cells.

By the way I do have constipation. My stools go out very easily.
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1415174 tn?1453243103
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oh and don't forget to tell him about your weight loss and appetite problems and constipation. After you tell him about E. histolytica infection and the drugs you were on.
mkh9
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1415174 tn?1453243103
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I'm confused with your questions so I"ll try to answer them but I may not be right.
1. Don't know what you mean by where will he take a look. I think I was talking about your tongue. Yes, before you had no or few yeast in your stool right and now you had a pure culture of yeast and nothing else grew in the stool culture but yeast? This was after you took all the 3 different antibiotics right? The bread wouldn't do that. You may see a few yeast mixed with lots of normal gut bacteria like E. coli, and so forth but then if they saw only yeast eating bread wouldn't do that. I'm talking about the resistant non candida you said you had in your stool (was that result a pure culture meaning no other bacteria were present). Yes if you were immunocompromised the CD4/CD8 would have been abnormal. At least for HIV and things that attack your lymphocytes. You could test your immunoglubulins like you were thinking of doing to get more information. Your complete blood count was also normal. Usually, you would be feeling tired if you had some problem other than the parasite. 3. Yes pure culture of yeast non-candida albicans resistant to all bacteria (no other bacteria present).
1.Show him your all your pertinent results.
2.Tell him about your infection with E. histolytica and that you took 3 antibiotics and that your stool had normal flora plus the parasite before and now it has no parasite but came back with the results yeast not candida albicans resistant to all antibiotics. Also, show him your tongue and ask him if that is yeast too. Tell him you were thinking of taking probiotics to try to get your normal gut flora back ask him will that be good enough and how long will it take. Also, ask him if that was caused by the anitibiotics or are you immunocompromised and if you should get the immunoglobulin test even though your CD4/CD8 ratio looks good and your CBC.
3. Tell him about your hair falling out. Ask him if about the high progesterone and zinc. Ask any other questions you have.
4. Ask him if he things the E. histo has cleared and should you keep checking the stool for E. histo and how long after? Could it have gone to the liver?
mkh9
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1. where will he take a look? u mean on my lab results? well in the stool analyses I had done 10 days ago no yeast cells were detected. and for the one I had done today, few yeast cells were detected. the lab technician said that it can be detected if someone ate bread. and I had eaten a good amount of bread before. what is sure is that I have this candida.
Well I will tell him that I was worried about STDs and other contagious infections because of my symptoms.
if I was immunocompromised this would have been seen in my lab results right? like on my CD4 CD8 tests?

2. I will ask. but shouldn't I have symptoms related to that?

3. What do you mean by pure culture?
    no organism found in the stool I have done today. Only in the one I had done 10 days ago which found the amebiasis.
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1415174 tn?1453243103
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Ok so yes it is good you caught the parasite and yeast on your own, really good.
1. if it is yeast as the GI doc to take a look. It will only take a couple of seconds for him to find out. It would most likely be from the Gut rather than being immunocompromised. just make sure to tell him of all the antibiotics you took and make a complete list of the tests and results (maybe an Excel file make it easy for him to go through. He may wonder why all the tests were done.
2. You probably should ask him if you should be tested for C. difficile toxin. it would be another stool test. They don't do that on a routine stool culture.
3. since you have the yeast in the stool (it was a pure culture right no other organisms seen?) then GI doc is probably good for now.
mkh9
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Many thanks for your answer and time.

1.I am just trying to figure out  what is the cause of my white tongue. I read that Candida can cause a whitish layer on the tongue. mine doesn't get scraped off. there must be a reason for my white tongue.maybe the candida in my guts affected my tongue?

2. no doctors told me about yeast, I just went by my own and did a stool analysis which showed the parasit, and the candida stool culture. I will take the probiotics and yogurt as you recommended. it is the first time I hear about Clostridium difficile but good I do not have it.

3. So I will go and visti a GI I think this is better than a pathologist or a generalist right?
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