Is there an interaction between hypogammaglobulinemia and yeast infections?
Hypogammaglobulinemia is defined as the lack of one or more of the five classes of antibodies or immunoglobulins caused by the defective function of a particular class of white blood cells (B lymphocytes). It’s considered a symptom of one of the twenty to thirty specific immune disorders lumped under the term “common variable immunodeficiency.” Because it negatively affects the immune system, people who suffer from it are more likely to acquire a variety of infections, from bacterial to viral to, yes, yeast infections. Because this disorder does greatly suppress the immune system, people who have it are much more likely to develop a severe, systemic yeast infection, known as candidemia, that requires immediate and comprehensive medical care. Therefore, any simple yeast infection should be treated at the earliest symptom to avoid this potentially fatal complication.
