05-11-2013, 07:36 PM
Second what oink and Bullwinkle said - make sure it's really fungal. I had what looked for sure like a ringworm-type fungal rash on my finger, with a group of slightly itchy raised bumps in an oval. When I tried an OTC antifungal on it, it just exploded, moving onto all of my fingers and becoming very painful (and that was after just one day, because I stopped it immediately).
It eventually settled back down, but it turns out it was some kind of eczema which seems to be set off by, of all things, vegetables like lettuce and zucchini. Now it's mostly gone, but if I have even just a couple pieces of lettuce (more than one sandwich every week or so) the skin on the tip of one finger becomes dry, cracked, and painful for a couple of weeks.
So the upshot is, it's possible to have strange, subtle allergies that develop when you're older and that you're not aware of. Food (including things that your food absorbs from the soil), detergents, etc.
It eventually settled back down, but it turns out it was some kind of eczema which seems to be set off by, of all things, vegetables like lettuce and zucchini. Now it's mostly gone, but if I have even just a couple pieces of lettuce (more than one sandwich every week or so) the skin on the tip of one finger becomes dry, cracked, and painful for a couple of weeks.
So the upshot is, it's possible to have strange, subtle allergies that develop when you're older and that you're not aware of. Food (including things that your food absorbs from the soil), detergents, etc.