[DUMBGRUNT]

The doctors told him when he was discharged that he could never donate blood, as the fungus would always be in his blood.

I recall some that had DEEP UGLY sores, mine never got that bad, it spreads to a larger area and swells up more.
I too had heard about not giving blood, long ago?
My latest and most successful Doc says it is NOT systemic.

Maybe the old gasoline fire and ice pick trick??
They are on me somewhere.

[xrmusn]

I had picked up some sort of foot fungus that was painful and annoying.

NOT FOR THE 'SQUEAMISH'....

Between my toes would 'scab' up and my heels looked like they had 'craters' in them.

The Navy even allowed me a 'white socks' chit as had a 'fear' of the dye from black socks causing problems??

I put up with it for years and was talking to a 1930s type China Marine who happened (among other things) to have come up with an STD that required a 'reaming' once a quarter...I had figured it would be easier to 'chop it off' than to put up with a 'roto rooter'/snake treatment.

Anyway he suggested I use the old 'farmers' treatement for extremely chapped hands, take a whizz on my feet and toes on a regular basis.

It didn't take long before it cleared up and I have NEVEr had a recurrence.