Nita
07-25-2003, 06:45 PM
I have Athlete's foot and am having a VERY hard time getting rid of it.
I'm almost 100% percent positive I contracted my case from going into the basement of our apartment building in wet sock feet (there was a flood in our apartment, and I was looking for the super) and then spending a couple of hours cleaning up the water from the flood while still in those socks
I have been taking cream treatments for roughly 6 months. I first tried over the counter creams, and after no relief, I went to the doctor who prescribed Lamisil. I have been using lamisil ever since (February).
At first I was washing my feet twice a day, and applying the cream...but as time passed and it wasn't fading, I began researching other home remedies to try along with the cream. For the past 2 months I have been washing my feet 5 times a day, and soaking my feet in a tub of water, salt and baking soda for 10 minutes 3 times a day.
Since summer has come, I have been wearing sandals and airing my feet out at home. This has helped a lot, and my feet don't bother me as much, but the athlete's foot still isn't healing up....I'm really at the end of my rope! I even had to quit my job (retail) because the burning was overwhelming :(
I'm unable to go anywhere without burning (I don't really experience any itching) and I've even stayed in for the past week, to see if it would provide any relief.
I know there is a Lamisil pill that can be prescribed...but you have to have your heart and liver monitored while taking it. After 6 months of pretty much being a shut-in, I'm beginning to think it is my last and only hope!
If anyone has any advice, it would be greatly appreciated! If anyone has had it themself, and used a product or a home remedy that healed it up, please please let me know what it is!
Some condition info: my toes bother me the most, and I have red irritated bumps on the bottoms/between them. I haven't had some of the typical symptoms I have read about online, such as weeping sores, scaling etc...mainly just the burning, some minor itching when I first got it, and the red sores. In the past month or 2 the red sores have dissapeared, so I currently have no visible signs of the condition...but I can still feel the sores underneath the skin, and sometimes they ache.
xxx,
Nita
[This message has been edited by Nita (edited 07-25-2003).]
I'm almost 100% percent positive I contracted my case from going into the basement of our apartment building in wet sock feet (there was a flood in our apartment, and I was looking for the super) and then spending a couple of hours cleaning up the water from the flood while still in those socks
I have been taking cream treatments for roughly 6 months. I first tried over the counter creams, and after no relief, I went to the doctor who prescribed Lamisil. I have been using lamisil ever since (February).
At first I was washing my feet twice a day, and applying the cream...but as time passed and it wasn't fading, I began researching other home remedies to try along with the cream. For the past 2 months I have been washing my feet 5 times a day, and soaking my feet in a tub of water, salt and baking soda for 10 minutes 3 times a day.
Since summer has come, I have been wearing sandals and airing my feet out at home. This has helped a lot, and my feet don't bother me as much, but the athlete's foot still isn't healing up....I'm really at the end of my rope! I even had to quit my job (retail) because the burning was overwhelming :(
I'm unable to go anywhere without burning (I don't really experience any itching) and I've even stayed in for the past week, to see if it would provide any relief.
I know there is a Lamisil pill that can be prescribed...but you have to have your heart and liver monitored while taking it. After 6 months of pretty much being a shut-in, I'm beginning to think it is my last and only hope!
If anyone has any advice, it would be greatly appreciated! If anyone has had it themself, and used a product or a home remedy that healed it up, please please let me know what it is!
Some condition info: my toes bother me the most, and I have red irritated bumps on the bottoms/between them. I haven't had some of the typical symptoms I have read about online, such as weeping sores, scaling etc...mainly just the burning, some minor itching when I first got it, and the red sores. In the past month or 2 the red sores have dissapeared, so I currently have no visible signs of the condition...but I can still feel the sores underneath the skin, and sometimes they ache.
xxx,
Nita
[This message has been edited by Nita (edited 07-25-2003).]
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