What Causes Thrush?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
8. Diabetes
Diabetes is the inability for some people to control their own blood sugar levels. This means that the patient will experience spikes in levels of sugar in their blood, and this can lead to a number of problems. Some potentially very serious. One such problem that is thankfully not serious is thrush.
Candida, the fungus that causes thrush, feeds on carbohydrates. Sugar is a type of carbohydrate, and this means that diabetes can provide lots of food for the fungus to thrive and reproduce at higher than usual rates. This, in turn, means that people with diabetes are more likely to have thrush.
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