Athlete's Foot

[Yupo]

This does not seem to be working fully. I've scrapped the calluses away but I think the biggest issue is that I'm wearing construction boots for 9+ hours a day, so the fungus that I kill grows back through the day. I use tinactin powder to help soak up sweat, and am using a cream at night as well as the PP baths twice a day. I was using oregano oil and garlic to help with candida in case that was the origin, but I'm having trouble stomaching oregano oil. I will get nystatin and see how effective that is while using PP and DMSO, and report back.

There is another option of taking oral lamisil but the side effects are scary - "Common side effects of Lamisil Oral Granules include headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, gas, nausea, upset stomach, stomach pain, stuffy or runny nose, cough, dizziness or spinning sensation, skin rash or itching, or unusual or unpleasant taste in your mouth or loss of taste". And I believe you have to be careful not to overload your liver with this stuff. I've used it before and it worked well but I'm much more hesitant now.

Couple of things...
1) In my experience, Lamisil oral is pretty safe when used with care. Using with care includes trying other thing first, then doing liver function tests before taking and while on treatment. One needs an accurate diagnosis, first. Lots of stuff is assumed to be a fungal infection when is not actually the case. A simple test called KOH can be done on skin scrapings to demonstrate fungus or not.
2) The problem might be hyper-hidrosis (too much sweat). In such case the best treatment is to control perspiration. Wet skin is prone to all kinds of trouble, including friction calluses and blisters. Antifungals and antibiotics don't do anything to control perspiration. Getting skin of feet to be powder-dry can be life altering for many people. Powder won't do much.
3) There is a condition called pitted keratolysis, which is a superficial bacterial infection of calluses, causing them to sometimes appear thick, moist and yellow, with an interesting aroma. This needs aggressive treatment, but some OTC products can work.

Main thing is getting a good diagnosis.

 

[lainey]

This does not seem to be working fully. I've scrapped the calluses away but I think the biggest issue is that I'm wearing construction boots for 9+ hours a day, so the fungus that I kill grows back through the day.

Have you tried replacing your boots? You could be re-infecting yourself from them.

 

[Navigator]

An update on my side, I did three weeks of Permanganate with good results, getting rid of the fungus completely, also, I replaced shoe soles (interior ones) as I discovered that on both the original ones have worn off pretty badly and I believe they were holding moisture. At nights I have been removing the new soles and letting them dry up. Additionally, it also helps to take off the shoes as soon as possible after being out.

With this the problem hasn't come back for 5 weeks total, although I am suspicious of the amount of sweat my feet are releasing, it seems abnormal as the soles are pretty moist when I take them off the shoes. Is there anything that can help with this?

 

[lainey]

An update on my side, I did three weeks of Permanganate with good results, getting rid of the fungus completely, also, I replaced shoe soles (interior ones) as I discovered that on both the original ones have worn off pretty badly and I believe they were holding moisture. At nights I have been removing the new soles and letting them dry up. Additionally, it also helps to take off the shoes as soon as possible after being out.

With this the problem hasn't come back for 5 weeks total, although I am suspicious of the amount of sweat my feet are releasing, it seems abnormal as the soles are pretty moist when I take them off the shoes. Is there anything that can help with this?

If you are interested in trying some essential oils, Pine Needle is meant to be good for sweating on the feet. Also, if you need it, Cypress is said to be good for foot odour.

You can actually get Pine scented insoles from amazon, but I don't know if that would help as I don't know how they make the pine scent; it could be chemically scented.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/eCobbler-Ladies-Mens-Scented-Insoles/dp/B007VA1P92

You could just add a dilution of essential oils to your own insoles.

 

[Yupo]

Is there anything that can help with this?

There is an OTC antiperspirant available in USA, very inexpensive, called Certain-Dri. It is unique in that it is water (rather than alcohol) based. It is the inactive ingredient that makes it so effective. PM me if you decide to try it and I will give you the protocol. Some people object to using aluminum compounds. This contains one.

 

[Zar]

This does not seem to be working fully. I've scrapped the calluses away but I think the biggest issue is that I'm wearing construction boots for 9+ hours a day, so the fungus that I kill grows back through the day.

Have you tried replacing your boots? You could be re-infecting yourself from them.

I haven't tried replacing my boots as the ones I'm wearing are relatively new. I think the perspiration is most likely the cause of the enduring fungus.

 

[Laura]

This does not seem to be working fully. I've scrapped the calluses away but I think the biggest issue is that I'm wearing construction boots for 9+ hours a day, so the fungus that I kill grows back through the day.

Have you tried replacing your boots? You could be re-infecting yourself from them.

I haven't tried replacing my boots as the ones I'm wearing are relatively new. I think the perspiration is most likely the cause of the enduring fungus.

One thing I've found that works is just regularly sprinkling about a half teaspoon of boric acid in each shoe.

Boric acid can be used as an antiseptic for minor burns or cuts and is sometimes used in dressings or salves. Boric acid is applied in a very dilute solution as an eye wash. Dilute boric acid can be used as a vaginal douche to treat bacterial vaginosis due to excessive alkalinity,[21] as well as candidiasis due to non-albicans candida.[22] As an antibacterial compound, boric acid can also be used as an acne treatment. It is also used as prevention of athlete's foot, by inserting powder in the socks or stockings, and in alcohol solution can be used to treat some kinds of otitis externa (ear infection) in both humans and animals. The preservative in urine sample bottles in the UK is boric acid.

Boric acid solutions used as an eye wash or on abraded skin are known to be toxic, particularly to infants, especially after repeated use; this is because of its slow elimination rate.[23]

 

[Astrocyte]

I would greatly appreciate any advice.

A low carbs diet or even better, fully ketogenic would help a lot.

What have worked for us is applying coconut oil mixed with a drop of Neem Oil, Tea Tree Oil work also but we had skin reaction to it (way too strong and overkill).

Lauric acid in coconut oil is reported toxic to C. albicans.

 

[lilies]

I had a persisting red lesion on my ankle that just grew bigger and bigger. Only its round edges itched - the red center was 'numb' or insensible - and of course scratching the edge just helped it spread and grow and grow.
Approximately looked like this.
_http://www.healthy-skincare.com/circular-skin-rash-on-arm.html

Nothing worked until I regularly began to gently smear in
1. ~30%DMSO+distilled water solution on the thing. Its better if you use a concentration that feels from slightly burning to maybe noticeably burning. Too high DMSO% might leave a temporary "scalding mark".
2. I waited until it dried up on my skin. Then on top of the whole DMSO-ed area I rubbed in J. Crow's ® Lugol's Solution 2%, until dead skin cells came off as brown little rolls around and in the vicinity of the lesion. Might work faster if you use a higher Lugols concentration, like the 5% one or these:
_http://www.healthy.co.uk/products/lugols-iodine.html

If the top of the 'red lesion area' on your foot is very sensitive or moist just gently spread above stuff on it with your finger. All skin areas must be thoroughly clean / washed before you try anything.

If you scratch your ailing skin area before the above treatment the application might burn a little. That's all.

I regretted not making any photos - as Laura suggested - of that ugly lesion, because it COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED after a couple months. First it stopped scratching, then hardened like a scar, then the hard top "fell off", then it became softer and softer. Finally it left a faint brownish-grey mark, then that was gone too!! What remains looks perfectly healthy "baby skin", no skin marks, nothing. As if it never was there. I was and am still amazed. Since then I'm using DMSO on the top of my head 1x/2x a week for thinning hair and hairline, after washing my hair. The balding / thinning spots - seem to look thicker now and it should naturally regenerate as much as possible.

I also routinely use Lugols 2% on my genetically inherited "red patches" skin at places where the thick cloth layers rub it raw in the winter during intensive outside "commando" exercise.