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Living in Puna, residents have to deal with health conditions triggered by the environment. Vog of course is huge example but another issue for some is fungus among us. Haole rot, itchy scalp, jock itch, heat rash, yeast infections and foot fungus are just a few of the many we have to deal with because of our high humidity here in paradise.
I started this thread to see what methods people use to deal with these types of problems. Here are a few that I've used and heard of people using. Tea tree oil, coconut oil, vinegar showers, colloidal silver, dandruff shampoo containing selenium sulfide applied to the skin, gentian violet, prescription creams with Nystatin, Miconazole nitrate and others. I've also tried to alkalinize my body via diet. I found this to be very difficult to do. Drinking the alkaline water is fairly simple but eating only foods that are alkaline forming in the body is a crazy hard task. Has anyone accomplished this and freed themselves of skin fungus? Any other methods shared are appreciated. Thank you.
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Washing with soap and water daily, clean dry footwear of all kinds, drying off carefully whenever wet all work to prevent the problem for me.
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There are several types of yeast (fungi) that are naturally found on everyone's skin - one good thing to realize. The problem doesn't aways revolve around eliminating them but rather keeping them at a level where you would not notice them in some bizarre unpleasant manifestation - like a rash or itch.
I find that an alkaline diet does help but in all reality you should probably be taking this sort of advice from a medical doctor, perhaps a specialist like a dermatologist, and not from random people on a forum.
Just my .02 cents.
Hope your problem is cured whatever the route you decide to take.
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lol shockwave. Yes I bathe regularly and do not walk around wet throughout the day.
rainyjim your info is helpful. Just looking for alternative methods, so I've already done the doctor thing, obvious because I mentioned I used prescription creams.
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Look, I was not insulting you, I have lived in high humidity environments almost my whole life. Any deviation from the regime I described above has resulted in nasty unpleasant skin issues. Following that regime has kept me free of hostile fungi, I though others might appreciate the tip. Sometimes the simplest solution is the best one. If my shoes, socks, slippers or hiking sandals get wet I change into dry footwear, keeping a spare pair of slippers in the car to change into if my footwear gets wet has made a huge difference. People underestimate the impact of the wet environment, you don't have to walk around all day in wet clothes to get a fungal problem, but just getting damp and not changing into dry clothes ASAP can encourage fungus issues if you are vulnerable to them, everyone's biochemistry is different and has different needs.
As far as quoting goes, often a reply is being written by two people at the same time, neither sees the other's post and it can be confusing, plus so many people edit posts after they have been replied to that my SOP is to always quote, just to keep it clear what I was replying to.
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I've found that the homeopathic cream "Topricin" (available at the Natch)works wonders with skin conditions. It also is a wonderful topical pain reliever.
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Oh dear, what next? Magnets? Copper bracelets? Crucifixes?
Think I'll drop out of this thread right now because otherwise (1) I'll get annoyed and (2) I'll annoy some others.
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Maybe you can put that Toprican in dog food !
It cures itching doesn't it ?
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I forgot to answer the OP.
Gold Bond powder works for me.
http://www.goldbond.com/original-strengt...owder.html
