As far as THE exact cause, yeast or bacteria. I would not try to open the debate.

But you are aware that a kidney cleanse is an (often forgotten )aspect of healing candida.

In the process of getting rid of candida and the toxins, your cleansing organs (liver, intestines and kidneys) get overworked and might therefore store toxic waste.

For bladder irritation the antioxydant I favor is vit C.
If you are ever with candida Cranberry juice is a greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat idea.
If not.... a kidney cleanse might just do the trick.

Cheers,
Jhan

I struggled with bladder probs for years when I was in my twenties, and It led doctors to give me yet more Antibiotics . Looking back now I wonder if it was just candida in the bladder or possibly endometriosis for which I suffered with too. Bacteria will also cause a lot of pain so it's possible that's your problem. It's strange how it flares for you when you're doing better health wise. We have all had these awful debilitating health maladies over the years, and there seem to be different causes, yet most are related to candida ( it's a domino effect ).

I've been struggling with this issue, as my Candida was introduced two-fold .. first by a year of Antibiotics and second, by the insertion of a cathether into my bladder during surgery in December. My response is "Ohhh yeah it's possible you have Candida in your bladder ... your symptoms are all the same as mine and my urine culture came back positive for Candida Glabrata."

I would suggest insisting on a culture rather than just a dipstick test and ask the doctor to have the culture grown for at least 30 days. My first report came back without a high enough reading and it was the second report, which had allowed the culture to grow for 30 days that had the high levels of Candida.

I don't know the BEST doc to see, but I saw an Internist, Urologist, and now that they diagnosed it, they passed me off to an Infectious Disease specialist.

Unfortunately I think diagnosis was easier than treatment. I've been on Diflucan for a month (100mg/day), Yeast Cleanse, Probiotics, CystoProtek, diet change (try to remove sugar, added lots kefir, saurkraut, etc.), colonics, homeopathics ("Bladder Irration" by Hyland's has helped tremendously ... I always have some on hand).

Unfortunately with our situation, the diet issues and medicine issues are two-fold ... you have to treat the Candida, but also treat the inflamation and irritation in the bladder. Wishing you all the best ... I know what a pain these symptoms are.