There are several factors that can predispose patients to candida overgrowth:
- Antibiotics can reduce the number of friendly intestinal bacteria which normally help to keep candida under control.
- Medications such as steroid hormones, immunosuppressant and anti-inflammatory drugs, chemotherapy drugs and ulcer medications or acid blockers used for prolonged periods.
- Immune deficiency. Diseases such as aids and cancer can weaken the immune system. The immune system can also become weaker...