No Lidex cream can be found so tried using zinc oxide+calamine ointment but not helping. Today wife bought baby powder for day and aloe vera gel for night. Hope it helps the itching and discomfort. Any other suggestions? Thanks
My Family has always used Canesten (anti-fungal) It always works and can easily be found in near all Pharmacies. After you try that, you will never use any thing else. Applying Baby Powder and Aloe-Vera will not work. One is to dry but the other moistures. zinc oxide+calamine is the same combo of one dries and one moistures. Canesten offers a range of fungal sweat rash (candidal intertrigo) treatments which will effectively treat your fungal infection. They are easy to apply and penetrate your skin to stop fungal growth, destroy the fungi and relieve your fungal sweat rash symptoms such as irritated and itchy skin. Apply twice a day sparingly, Rash basically disappears with-in 72 hours most times even sooner . -For foot fungus, apply sparingly twice a day for 2 weeks. -Works wonderful on Jock-itch, apply twice, sparingly, for 3 days - Best for Female and Male Yeast infection. Internal for Females, external application for Males.
Fissan prickly heat powder is good but recently out of stock in most places so Johnson's prickly heat powder is second choice and seems to be more available just now.
Got Canisten. Small tube so will buy more tomorrow before stock runs out. This will also help my boy's rash he often gets playing soccer when his junk rubs against his leg. Thanks
Try Bendyrl capsules 25mg might help as work wonders with allergies and insect bites...just a thought.
A few ideas advised as to what creams may help Pat Loose fitting 100% cotton clothing will also help the skin breathe, from my own experience mixed fibre material's hold moisture in. Wish you well....JB
Antifungal cream, like Canestan (clotrimazole, so you can find cheaper generics), is obviously, only useful if it's caused by a fungal infection, which isn't always the case (friction rub, as mentioned above, will not be fungal). You also need to use it for at least a week after symptoms subside, particularly if you've had the problem for some time. If it's appeared only recently, try keeping the area dry and see if it heals first. Also, you could try and find a low dose steroidal cream/anti-fungal combo if available. The anti-inflammatory effects of the steroidal cream will alleviate some of the annoying discomfort, just don't use it long term. Clotrimazole is used sparingly twice daily on affected area
Good points - plus the fact that over-use of anti-fungal creams (as with antibiotics) could select out the 'fittest' pathogens for survival and so cause the problem to become long-term (antifungal resistance).
