athletes foot 2.0

[Ladybitsandbobs]

About a Month ago I made a post about athletes foot and since then it hasn’t gone and gotten worse. I’ve been to the doctors and they gave me Terbinafine for a week and nothing has changed. It’s been now 2 weeks on it so an extra week than needed and it’s just still there. The thing that annoyed me is the doctor didn’t look at my toe and instead just took my word and gave me a strong antifungal cream, it’s no longer in between my toe and more just at the opening of the crack and around. I fly to America in 3 days for a week and currently nowhere near my doctor.

Any at home advice would be appreciated

Edit:

I did an e-consult with my doctors and they have prescribe me stronger anti fungal cream. I’ve been given it for 2 weeks so let’s hope it works 😊

[vonniesims]

Sure it's athletes foot? A podiatrist/chiropodist might help, if you can get an appointment in time🤞

[Ladybitsandbobs in reply to vonniesims]

I don’t know unfortunately as the doctor never look at it, I’m going back when I come back from American 😊

[Madmusiclover]

ooh that looks sore. My GP lets you send photos in. Could you not get telephone appt and send in pic?

[bpeal1]

I’ve found Teatree oil is often better than antifungal creams.

[Ladybitsandbobs in reply to bpeal1]

any way you recommend using it ?

[bpeal1 in reply to Ladybitsandbobs]

Don't think it can do any harm, so worth a try.

[Jackie1947]

I do think this needs immediate attention as it looks infected. Contact GP today. If you have e consultation send over a photo.

[Stills]

walk in centre or a pharmacist maybe able to look?

[StormySeas]

I agree with bepeal1, it’s worth giving teatree a try. I used it successfully on a resistant fungal infection on my toe nail.

Make sure you buy good quality oil that’s 100% tea tree. The cheap ones are diluted with other oils.

[shouty]

Doesn't look like classic athlete's foot, wondering if ointments have inflamed the area. Would definitely get it checked out. Good luck.

[CLoVee]

are you taking any immunosuppressants? I have found that i cannot get over anything while on them. I had to come off my medicine for 5 weeks to get over a fungal infection because while i was on them treatment just wasn’t working

[Mozart150]

I’ always seem to be getting fungal infections (on a JAK Baricitinib). My podiatrist recommended Lamisil (you only spray it on once a day for 7 days ). I hope you get it sorted soon. Xx

[Hisue]

Doctor that doesn’t look at the inflamed site & writes a script? Bad medicine.

(& Tea tree oil may burn terribly if applied to inflamed site. )

[junik53]

Be careful with tea tree oil it may burn really badly on infected area , it’s very good at stopping you getting athletes foot though, Daktacourt cream was good as I think it was a bacterial infection when I had it bad

[Garnacha]

I had a sore on the outside of the bend in my knee, it kept getting worse & bigger & was absolute agony, the gp prescribed all sorts of fungal creams, steroid creams, antibiotics & nothing would shift it, they referred me to dermatology & in the meantime got the nurse to dress it, she used actilite dressings, it's manuka honey, I couldn't believe it, after months & months of nothing working this actually cleared it up!

It's expensive but I'm sure would have been cheaper in the long run if they'd used this in the beginning, I managed to buy a tube of activon from amazon, its medical grade manuka honey, its really sticky but I wanted it here as a backup incase I ever get anything similar again.

Hope yours heals quickly x

[helixhelix]

I am not a doctor, but that looks more like pompholx to me! It’s a type of eczema (dishydroytic) that can respond well to treatment. I used to get it, and it cleared up by using an iodine based antiseptic.

[Rachel43]

I had something similar. When I went to chiropodist she said it was a form of exam and not athletes foot that doctor advised me.