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Ladies only, please--fungal infections.

I have large breasts that now hang down on my chest because of my age. Years ago, I began getting fungal infections on the undersides of my breasts and where my breasts touch the skin of my chest.

It starts out as welts that are extremely itchy. If I can't get the welts to disappear, I develop a raised, red rash.

My PCP has told me to keep corn starch powder on the area, which I do. The last time I went in with a fungal infection, he told me to use cold packs, the corn starch, wash that off and use cortisone cream, wash that off and use the cream they sell for athlete's foot, and he gave me a prescription for Ketoconazole 200 mg two tablets a day for seven days. That got rid of the infection in about five days.

A friend of a friend, who also gets this, recommended putting plain yogurt on the site. It stops the itching for about an hour or so.

Does anyone else have this problem? What do you do about it?

I'm going in again next week to see my PCP and ask him for a referral to a dermatologist.

I wonder if MS is a contributing factor.

Thanks for any help anyone can provide me. :confused::confused:

I use a very very very small amount of Desitin in areas that get that kind of rash. Reason I use a small amount is because Desitin is kind of stinky, plus I think it says on the package to use it in sparing amounts.

Yes I get it to:( I also get it in my groin area. I use jock itch which really does the job. The athletes foot medicine also works but I can get the jock itch medicine in a bigger tube. If I can't find it in a store and have to ask for help it's easier for me to aks for athletes foot medicine than jock itch:p

Fungus happens alot to people. I got it on a cruise, go figure. There is an over the counter anti fungal med. put out by walgreens that works. I was told no baby power, no corn starch as the fungus feeds on it. I have kept a tube of the walgreen fungal cream ever since, and it has never failed to get rid of it. Cheaper than script. If this is going to oozing, circular type rashes that don't respond, a good derm doc is the answer. There are stronger medications available. Hope it goes away for you. ginnie

Yep, Antifungal/jock itch type cream does the trick. I brought home, from the hospital, a fungal thing (underbreast rash and diaper rash). After trying many things, it was finally cured by an AF Cream.:)

My thanks to the Man or woman who invented that special cream for men. If we can lend them our hormones for cures, it's only fair for them to return the favor.:p

Can you get a comfy bra that is mostly cotton? That would keep a layer between the skin and also absorb moisture and help avoid the possibility of fungal infections.

I get this too but I was told it was yeast. I usually break out when I get really stressed. I've been using A and D ointment. I've had it for years and it can be painful. I have scars from mine. It's miserable and sometimes I get it under the fold of the stomach.

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Originally Posted by ewizabeth (Post 928495)

Can you get a comfy bra that is mostly cotton? That would keep a layer between the skin and also absorb moisture and help avoid the possibility of fungal infections.

Breezies makes a great bra that keeps moisture from forming. QVC sells them and they're great....especially in the summer months.

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Originally Posted by Erin524 (Post 928350)

Thanks Erin, I'll give it a try.

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Originally Posted by doydie (Post 928364)

Thanks Doydie, jock itch medicine it is. ;)