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A Memorial Day question about RVN JUNGLE ROT.
D. Grunt | 26 May 2019 | D. Grunt

Posted on 05/26/2019 8:17:51 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

A Memorial Day question about RVN JUNGLE ROT. Did you get rid of it? Forever? How?

Most of the Grunts I have known and many others acquired this personal reminder of RVN.

Because of a head wound and no insurance, I used the VA for a few years and they provided a medication. After lucking into a solid health plan I went a Dermatologist once a month for a few years, it turned out he was a schemer. Last visit he was on vacation, his stand in said , the only to get rid of it was to shower and change clothes three times a day! And that was a maybe.

My father in law was a Physician, so he would call in the same prescription (Tri-???Something). Worked but it never ever disappeared.

A few of years ago the Pharmacist, a former RVN guy, said there is newer and better stuff and it is over the counter, no script needed. He recommended tow different products. LAMISIL!!! It worked well!!! But not a permanent solution? Returns every couple of weeks.

A year back I was bushwhacked by poison ivy, head eyes… This Dermatologist proscribed TACROLIMUS 0.1%. for both problems. It worked like a champ!!!

And just now a year later, IT IS BACK???

I work out four times a week , bike, rollers spin bike, rower...always sweat like a horse, everything soaked, puddles under the rollers.

Has anyone found a permanent cure for jungle rot???


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Hopefully, someone knows. I'm tired of walking funny on bad days.
1 posted on 05/26/2019 8:17:51 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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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.


2 posted on 05/26/2019 8:23:51 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Move to the desert.


3 posted on 05/26/2019 8:25:59 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I am sorry for your affliction.


4 posted on 05/26/2019 8:29:26 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

3 generations and counting in my family. Came out of the swamps of the MD eastern shore where my grand dad was born.


5 posted on 05/26/2019 8:30:18 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (The denial of the authority of God is the central plank of the Progressive movement.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

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.


6 posted on 05/26/2019 8:30:45 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

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.


7 posted on 05/26/2019 8:30:47 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Three days in FB prison for this...'Was "IT" a DNA XX or DNA XY'?)
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I had a toe nail fungus during my running days and I resolved it by using Vicks VapoRub.
Rubbed it into the top of the nail and also all around the edges.
9 posted on 05/26/2019 8:33:22 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Pennies minted before 1982 are copper. Dirt common.


10 posted on 05/26/2019 8:34:34 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: TexasGator

She is trying to help.


11 posted on 05/26/2019 8:36:20 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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I picked up some crap in the Central Training area of Okinawa that I struggled with for years.

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.

12 posted on 05/26/2019 8:36:37 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

It occurs to me that the copper- plated zinc pennies might do just as well, or better. Zinc is no friend of fungi.


13 posted on 05/26/2019 8:37:22 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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Tea tree oil, I’ll try it.

A friend with the same problem recommended 90% alcohol, to dry it out, moisture is the root problem???
Burns a bit but kind of works.

The dermatologist, did NOT test, but in her opinion, thinks it is a yeast infection, not a fungus?

I always thought it was a fungus?


14 posted on 05/26/2019 8:39:27 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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16 posted on 05/26/2019 8:44:24 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

You made copper acetate, cooper salts can be anti-fungals. Could probably use copper sulfate or use zinc with vinegar- zinc salts should have similar actions.


17 posted on 05/26/2019 8:45:16 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Copper wire is easy to find at any home-goods store.


18 posted on 05/26/2019 8:47:33 AM PDT by dangus
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I see some medicated powder for sale that has zinc oxide as an ingredient. Could something like that help?


19 posted on 05/26/2019 8:48:44 AM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: MrEdd

combine whatever treatment with being in a cool dry environment,

Everything points to sweat, moisture.
The days not working out I’m outside, grass to cut, dogs gotta get out and about EVERY day, grandkids ...

Only cotton boxers if any and shorts most of the year where possible. Air flow seems to help.


20 posted on 05/26/2019 8:48:55 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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