Question: Hello,

Please see below details of myself and the issues I am experiencing.

Me:
Male. Age 28. 5’11”. 73kg.
Diet: I think pretty ok see examples:
Breakfast: porridge or brown bread/egg or Fried bacon/sausage/egg no more than once a week
Lunch: bread/soup or sandwich
Dinner: varied usually homemade – spaghetti or potatoes/protein/veg or rice/curry etc
Snacks: 1 sugary biscuit 4 time a week or homemade brown bread/cheese
Coffee: no more than once a day. Sometimes I take a day or too off if I have trouble sleeping
Alcohol: I have a glass of wine or two with dinner some days during the week. On the weekends I have been known to drink a little too much but have pretty much given up the all-out benders.
Exercise: I’m fit (I can run for 30 minutes) and I am rarely caught for strength but I don’t exercise enough. Little or no exercise at the moment.

Symptoms:
Every single morning for the past 18 months I wake up to a lining of white substance on my gums. If I wipe my finger on my gums a small amount of the substance builds up. There is no foul smell but my breath is not great in the morning. It is an icky feeling and I have a bad taste, I always go straight to the bathroom to brush my teeth. I usually need to wee in the morning and it is quite yellow in colour. I get mouth ulcers from time to time.

Might be a separate issue or related:
I get severe (for me) bouts of brain fog. I work at a computer and find myself not being able to complete emails or carry out tasks. Some days are great and I can get through a lot of work other days are very bad and I have no productivity or concentration.

My digestion can be funny at times, unsettled. Loose stools, sometimes it feels like somethings disagree with me.

Might be a separate issue:
I don’t have great tonsils I have to carry throat spray in my wash bag and use it at times throughout the year if I don’t I get a cold that always develops from my tonsils. Have had bad tonsils since I got glandular fever 10 years ago. I might get them removed at some point but I get by ok.


Treatment so far:
•     I have tried treatment for night time acid reflux. Alflorex, one a day in the morning prescribed by my GP. No difference made.
•     I have tried raising the head of my bed from the base by 15cm which should also immediately stop GERD. I did this for one week (my girlfriend wasn’t to impressed) in any case it made no difference.
•     One google diagnosis is a form of candida or leaky gut. To test it you are asked to spit into a glass of water in the morning and if your saliva sinks to the bottom and creates mushroom type shape you have candida. Mine does exactly this. I tried the candida diet but could not keep it up. I tried antifungals prescribed by my GP in conjunction with a probiotic. I seemed to experience “die off symptoms” as they are described on the internet. The medication didn’t have any effect. Eventually I ordered a candida testing kit which involved sending a stool sample to Germany. The test results returned that my gut PH was normal and I did not have candida.

Family History
My dad gets night time acid reflux and combats it by using loads of pillows. This seems to work for him. I rarely ever get heart burn in the day time so I not sure this relates to me.

Doctor Comments
Bloods have been taken, I am not sure specific things have been tested for but I have never had an issue. Generally he would say I’m in good health.

Dentist comments
Good oral hygiene and my teeth are in good shape.
I feel I have had more issues than normal, I lost a tooth about two years ago and have yet to get an implant as it is not visible when I smile . I have lots of fillings and I fell this morning white film issue is not helping.

Both doctor and dentist would say I do not have candida.

I am lost as to where I can go next or what I can try. Any help would be very welcome.

Thank you XXXXXXX