There are too many symptoms to diagnose Candida as your specific problem, many symptoms such as indigestion and bloating can also be attributed to many other diseases and problems.
Gluten intolerance and Coeliacs disease have almost identical symptoms as Candida, depending on where your Candida has spread.
This means you need to be tested by a doctor to be sure, however many doctors disregard Candida as a cause and don't test for it, even though it is just now becoming more recognized as one of the biggest underlying causes for many health problems.
Historically Candida tests have been inacurate, as mostly everyone has some trace of Candida present in their bodies.
However recently more accurate diagnosis has been developed.
A doctor will generally begin with a careful screening of symptoms, before testing to see if the Candida Albicans present is of the dangerous variety, and if it has become overgrown.
The doctor can undertake several kinds of tests with varying effectiveness, ranging from a simple scrapping, tongue swab, stool sample or blood test.
The most effective is the blood test, but is generally only used in hospitals.
There is however a simple home test you can do that will tell you if you probably have Candida, it is not certain but pretty close.
When you first wake up in the morning before you do anything else with your mouth, work up some saliva and spit it into a clear clean glass of water, then wait for up to half an hour, if in that time you see any strings coming down from your saliva, or the water turned cloudy, or if your saliva sank to the bottom, you most probably have Candida, healthy saliva will sit on the top.