UPDATE SEP 2013
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some typed in a hurry or misspelt, using part keywords or keyword in keyword
sounding rather funny when viewed on their own isolated from the topic
- if one can retain any sense of humour about it all- under the circumstances.
My Belief is - It Never hurts to Laugh No matter what...
especially since Malassezia can make Life miserable in so many ways.
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in the Malassezia Keywords section or Directly below each entry
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FEB * 2013 UPDATES
(20 May 13) On a New Experiment
I have already dedicated enough material on Diet and experimentations
Long or short etc, but due to recent heavy lung bleeds i developed
a voracious appetite for certain items, so much so that i had to forego
my regular diet and implement a new one to accommodate that need.
During that period i noticed some change of mild reduction of yeast activity.
I was not quite sure whether this was the main reason
but having gone back to the original menu again i noticed a slight increase.
Still not being able to verify if it was the diet or other changes causing it
i decided that now my body has adapted to the new diet due its needs
i thought it might be a good opportunity to go back and trial it for longer
and more systematically so that i can verify if indeed it made a difference
or it was co incidental.
This is one more chance to see if there s anything that can be internally.
I will be giving it approximately three months of consistency
and recording any other changes that might contribute to the result,
and if successful i shall return to Report the Finding.
I estimate i will be able to make the Report available Mid- August
or earlier if there are clear enough indications on either side of the scale.
* * *
22 Feb 13
Malassezia and The Five Essential Elements in
it Cycle
The Five Consistent
Elements i have identified throughout the time
as “Essential,
Needed, Chased or Conducive and Inviting”
for its Growth and
Survival for its Cycle are:
* LIPIDS
* BLOOD
* SUGAR
* CALCIUM
* HUMIDITY
LIPIDS: Fats, Oils,
Grease, Lotions, Mucous (Internally and Externally)
BLOOD: It Digs until
it reaches it and in there it Incubates
SUGAR: Internally
from Blood and Intestinal Canal (Colon/Rectum)
Externally unable to verify either way but appears
to concentrate around the edges
of my Lips
and i consume a lot of fruit.
CALCIUM: Internally
from Blood, possibly from Intestinal Canal (Colon/Rectum)
HUMIDITY: As in body
liquid/mucous producing areas such as:
inside Eyes and Eyelashes,
Ears, Mouth, Lips,
external / internal genital
areas as on tip of Penis and Vulva
inside Vagina and outer and
inner Rectal area and Colon.
Possibly also from Blood?
... or other internal source ???
* About Humidity I have observed a number
of things:
- During the night
Malassezia gathers heavily both inside the eyes
and on the eye lashes.
(No damage done i wash off splashing on water
liberally and follow
with rubbing off meticulously with warm
water on a cotton ball)
- It also collects
around my lips and often covers them completely
(Also no damage eventuates as i treat the
same as the eyes.
If left untreated on either site, will
eventually develop and cause
unpleasant results.)
- Impossible to keep
it away from genital external /internal humid areas
despite the presence of Acidophilus capsules.
(I still treat with Acidophilus capsules,
and Seawater
to successfully
deter and minimise presence and settling
but not complete absence. Just buys me time
to sleep quietly
without waking up to Bumps or Lesions
and follow the above procedure of cleaning
up in the morning.)
- During times of
dehydration, fluid retention or just not having had
enough water there seems to be a ‘stop dead’
in activity
until i take some liquid, be it juice, herbal
tea or plain warm water.
This is the part that has indicated
repeatedly to me
that it takes/uses water/humidity from Internal sources???
I lack biology knowledge to work out the
mechanism or place it.
The BLOOD seems to Provide SUGAR and
CALCIUM:
The indications –confirmed by my Diet experiments– are
that
it utilises SUGAR
NOT as CONSUMED or TYPE
but as CARBOHYDATES
CONVERTED BY THE BODY
of ALL FOODS
CONSUMED Irrespective of their Nature
and CIRCULATING –as
Glucose???– IN THE BLOOD STREAM.
I am unable to
Verify whether undigested unprocessed sugars
in the Colon or
externally on the Lips/Mouth could be utilised directly.
If that was the case
then it would not need to dig in to the Flesh
until it bleeds
where it then settles and incubates
for approximately
four weeks but that assumption is not guaranteed
as not established
if utilisation of sugar is part of feeding or only
incubation/ breeding
–spore preparation- purposes.
The same applies to
CALCIUM, i.e it procures and utilises
from the BLOOD
irrespective the sources of consumption
and appears to use
it to build its hard Crystalline Shell
at the end of its
cycle, so i would assume it is all done
during the four week
incubation and production of spores?
LIPIDS: Fats, Oils, Grease,
Lotions, Mucous (Internally and Externally)
According to some
Medical /Research Articles
–how accurate am not
in position to assess-
1- Malassezia can
produce its Own Oils
2- There is a
Malassezia species that requires no Oil /lipids for growth
or reproduction.
Leave aside the
second one, i know not and not much is
known about
i will concentrate
on the devil i do know as well as could.
Thanks to our
sebaceous glands on one hand,
producing inviting oil
for Malassezia’ s
needs and the Lavish Ways and Types of OILS
and LOTIONS people
seem determined to apply on their bodies,
hoping, misinformed
or simply not knowing or ignoring after they have
learned but Compellingly
Refusing to accept this simple fact,
Malassezia can Never
Be Short of this Valuable
to its Life Cycle
substance...
The Unfortunate
thing for us sufferers is,
that it is not like
Calcium or Sugar that it has to Procure from Blood
internally and there
is always supply present! ...
Fats and Oils of all
kinds it can bathe happily in
wherever provided:
- Near the Sebaceous
gland secretions
- On the Surface of
our Bodies - thanks to our Oil /Lotion obsessions
- Internally in the
Colon area where abundance/excess
of Unprocessed, Unutilised Fats are making
their way out ...slowly
while entertaining and ‘Pig Feeding’ and or
rather ‘Pig Breeding’
the Yeast...
(‘Pig Feeding’ could
apply if Malassezia can also utilise Sugars
present in that area /and if for Feeding and
not for Breeding
as when it is procured from the Blood)
There are lots of
‘IFS’ and many Unanswered Questions
for a LONE
Researcher without Scientific means or help
but when it comes to
Practical Solutions in the Life of a Malassezia
Sufferer
can one Discard
possibilities and/ or Wait for the Scientific field
to wake up and take
up the challenge of answering these questions
or does one
Do the Best in their Own
Life to Solve their Problem?
I have personally
chosen the second and have succeeded
despite the overload
of limitations and combating ailments
of my Body.
This means:
- Eat Quality
- Do not Overeat
- Cleanse the Colon
area regularly
- Wash and Rub Off
the Fungus throughout Day and Night
- Do not provide
inviting, proliferation producing substances
and environment. (NO OILS/ LOTIONS/EMOLIENTS
etc)
- Most Importantly
Do Not Poison and Punish the Body
instead of the Enemy!
* * *
I am currently
conducting a new Simple Experiment
for the Scalp / Hair
area and preliminary results
are encouraging so
far.
If significant
results to report i will do so in time
-if i am still
around.
* * *
It has taken me all
of a Three Full Years and a lot of experimentation
to arrive at the most
successful stage so far of minimal presence
and controlled
levels of Malassezia activity.
I cannot control the
Internal proliferation as neither short course
medication nor diet
experimentations have proved to make any
difference or to have
long lasting effects against Malassezia’ s
incredible adaptability
but i am now almost on top in controlling it
when it comes to the outside or any accessible areas.
My Greatest Weapons
are Simple and Absolutely Natural
so much so that one
could easily dismiss them but when it comes
to hard facts and
results, at least in my personal experience,
they are the Only
ones that have Produced Consistent Results
without side effects (other than limitations caused
by blood clotting issues due to my Lung condition)
and have helped to achieve lasting relief and a
liveable state
against been almost
suicidal for near two years of ignorance
of its nature and what exacerbated rather reducing its presence
trying to combat it blindly.
These Simple but
Consistently Effective Weapons are:
1- PLAIN
WARM WATER
Really?...
Yes!... Really!
R E A L L Y!... ACTUALLY... TRULY!
2- YAM MIXTURE
As described in relevant
entries
3-
NATURAL SEA WATER
As described in relevant
entries
(2 & 3 are Interchangeable)
ALL Creams, Lotions,
Oils, etc whether Medicated, Fungicidal or Antiseptic
only offer temporary relief while facilitating Malassezia proliferation.
It took me time,
repetitive disappointments, financial expenditure
while bombarding my
body with all these chemicals
-to which Malassezia
either adapts quickly
rendering them
ineffective or become facilitators
of its Proliferation
due to their greasy contents-
to finally realise,
understand and accept this simple reality.
Arriving there marked
the beginning of a better chance of control.
At this point of
time I Follow and Advocate more than even before
All Natural methods
and substances as the Three mentioned above
* Creams, Lotions,
Oils, etc Medicated, Fungicidal or Antiseptic
may be beneficial for a number of other Skin
Conditions
but Ineffective or Detrimental when it comes
to Malassezia
and possibly Demodex as both thrive in
greasy environment.*
See Also: Where I am Now
