FUDGE! What makes athletes foot keep cominng back?

[Freak Show]

This is like the third time I've had a problem with it. I shower regularly, change socks frequently, don't wear socks all day but it keeps comin back. I haven't had a problem in almost two years and now its back with a vengence. OTC stuff doesn't help for shit. Am I lacking some nutrient in my diet or something?

 

[Jimsbbc]

Do you take showers in the locker room @the gym?

 

[Freak Show]

Hell no, avoid that place like the plague.

 

[danielson]

do u like clean ur feet but then put on shoes which u wore without socks (and had athletes foot at that time). r u sure your killing off the pathogen each time?

 

[HappyScrappy]

just piss in the shower.
the urea is basic I think (its ammonia I think) and kills the fungus.

 

[Freak Show]

do u like clean ur feet but then put on shoes which u wore without socks (and had athletes foot at that time). r u sure your killing off the pathogen each time?

i haven't put on shoes without socks. But that makes me think. Are you saying the fungus could still be living in the shoes? I don't even know if I have worn shoes from two years ago, though. Two years ago, this doc gave me some concotion that made it go away. Now its back.

 

[velvett]

Go to the dermatologist, it could be something else.

Either way he/she will prescribe something to help you out.

 

[danielson]

well fungal spores can pretty much survive inderfinately and germinate when they hit yer toe....but i must have misread your post, i thought u said u had athletes foot for 2 years chronically , not u havent had it for 2 years.

in which case thats a toughie. a mate of mine always used to get athletes foot....i dunno what u can do other than avoid walking barefoot in communal places i guess, or try what happy said

i guess u could try talcum powder inbetween yer toes to keep it dry, unfortunately your body has more sweat pores in your feet, so try that or antiperspirant.

 

[ion]

There is a pill your doctor can prescribe that will knock it out systemicly, but then you basically have to throw out
your shoes and live like Howard Huges and not come in contact with it.

Some people have a chronic problem with it.....Johnsons foot soap (has iodine) soak for as hot as you can stand it for 20 min max.
Or some say yellow dock herb or tea tree oil.

I hate the chemicals like lotrimin, you can feel that stuff hit your bloodstream.

 

[Freak Show]

Thanks for the tips, ion and danielson. I'll try anything at this point.

Velvett, Something else?!! I was hoping not to have to see a specialist about something trivial as this. But if I have to.