Talked with my dad and uncle who served in The Nam and they had treated a few areas with Tea Tree oil - worked even on getting rid of toe nail fungus (surface). My dad had a spot of fungus on his chest and it disappeared never to return. Use it straight out of the bottle and apply it with a Q-tip to the area. Hope it works for you.
Move to the desert.
I am sorry for your affliction.
boy that sounds awful man.
Sorry.
Head wound can cause a lot of problems too. I have one but not from military.
Hope it doesn’t affect your sleep or cause chronic headaches etc.
And hope you get an answer to your problem.
We used to kill fungus infections like ringworm with a saucer of vinegar, some real copper pennies oxidizing in it till it turns green, then dab it on the fungus till it goes away.
Real Copper pennies are hard to find now days. I also used some scrap copper from other sources. Barely submerge them in the vinegar and allow the air to oxidize them.
Finally in the mid nineties I took an air conditioned indoor job that was less physical, and kept my body hair shaved for about three years while using of the shelf anti-fungal creams.
When it stayed gone and I could wear underwear I bought twenty nice eight dollar a pair sets.
I still shell out for expensive briefs.
Anyhow, combine whatever treatment with being in a cool dry environment, and remove your body hair for the duration. One year may not be long enough.
Sorry I didn't know of a magic bullet.
Sorry to hear this. My uncle served in WWII Pacifc. Skin ailments pretty much killed him. Not directly, but the decline in his quality of life was huge.
Sadly after a time your body may adapt and accept the fungi as normal flora on your skin. Typically you have organisms growing on your body and there is a balance between those beneficial and those pathological. Medications like Triamcinolone suppress the immune response, but like all things in life the key is balance. The key may be to find a state of stasis and maintain it. Perhaps that means showering less and using a gentle soap which does not kill the beneficial organisms. Vietnam gave this to your body and your body likely preserves colonies which may not be eradicated so it is a matter of management at best. Good luck.
No wonder H-wood hates her.
She is far more attractive than virtually all the bimbos and has infinitely more class.
One of my old doctor was in nam ,before me '69. He advised me too ,to start with white cotton socks as the dye in the green wool is what first started the break down of the skin for the infection to start (right at 50-yrs. ago) he also had me use regular PINE-SOL soap on my clothes , airing my feet at night,out side the sheets. ,,,,,worked for me , in the last 50-yres only had one flare up .
After adopting a cat with ringworm, I was told to wash with Selsun Blue dandruff shampoo. When researching it online, I read that it contains Selenium Sulfide and that it’s effective against fungal skin infections. It might be worth a try.
I had a rash on the inside of my right leg since running in those stupid shorty short Marines were issued. I had it for nearly 45 years. My nurse practitioner prescribed this crème that cured it! Mometasone Furoate. I had tried all kinds of stuff in the past.
One day I read that Apple Cidar Vinegar, which apparently is the wonder cure for pretty much anything, worked on rashes.
Being mentally challenged with the belief that “if a little is good, a lot will be awesome!”, I went full strength ACV on the now scratched raw rash on both forearms.
Boy howdy, what an eye watering experience that turned out to be, but the itch was gone and the rash soon after that.
However, the itch came back with a vengeance when that dead layer of skin began to slough off.
Next I learned how a quality hair brush is very effective for both scratching and for removing the dead skin.
As a side benefit, the keratosis spots just came off like an old scab and now my old, sun damaged skin actually looks better, smoother and less wrinkled, too.
ACV seems to work, but I definitely won’t be using full strength again! Half power is probably more my speed.
well, i’m not sure this is helpful, but from responses I read and having dealt with my body having detox effect that left me for 10 days with not wanting my arms and legs to touch or rub on anything because of itchiness some things to consider:
wear something that is disposable but absorbs sweat between legs or wherever needed in your case?
You need to sweat, it’s very important to being healthy - so why not take a daily or every two day bath in baking soda or epsom salt or some thing that the hot/warm water allows your body to sweat out some of the bad stuff? baths helped me so much when I had that 10 day full body purge through my pores - I just wanted to stay in the water. quick shower after to rinse your whole body. OR if not baths at least make showers long enought for body to sweat out toxins and use baking soda or other sorts of soaps and scrubs?
they sell some thing called moneky butt powder that may have ingredients that could help temporarily too.
Getting it gone for good may not happen but sweating is important to health, absorbing the sweating and keeping area clean and dry likely help a lot.
when you mow lawn or such wear disposable briefs or some thing that fits areas needed - may bedisposables good so you are not laundering and maybe though “clean” laundry may be some hting still living on the laundered items and a part of aiding in the recurrent irritation?
*** ALSO body PH may be helpful to kill off or keep it subdued. Eat higher PH foods (can look up lists on line) most fungus, ailments like acidic environment so reducing acidity or your body (raisning alkalinity) may help internally fight the issue - along with topical ideas or OTC or RX that you find helping best.
My Step dads toe nails never looked right. He said because of the rot from the constant wet feet from Humping the Hills around Dak To.
There are many “remedies” for it. Most are not permanent. The most successful that I have heard of involve broad spectrum antibiotics and iodine. Old family Friend Dr that specialized in tropical diseases insisted that you had to do ALL of your laundry with some bleach added. Get rid of all foot wear on a regular basis and constantly disinfect with the spray from bowling alleys.
My father picked up the jungle rot on Guadalcanal. Spent six months in the hospital to get it under control. The doctors told him when he was discharged that he could never donate blood, as the fungus would always be in his blood.
He didn’t have any more problems with it until one time in the early 80’s, when the temperature was over 100 degrees every day for almost two weeks. And that crap came back on him again, all over his legs.
So, you may be able to control it, but I don’t know if you will ever truly get rid of it.