Posted: 7/16/2007 7:01:49 PM EDT
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My dad has pretty bad jungle rot on his feet. Sometimes it gets so bad, his leg swells up and he becomes physically ill. He's been hospitalized several times over the years because of this. It's hard enough watching my dad age, but even harder when both his osteoarthritis in his knees and his jungle rot make it so he can barely stand. Currently he uses Ciclopirox and Clobetasol and that seems to do ok, but is there anything else that you guys might suggest that will work? |
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daily Dr.Schols powder application to feet and shoes. Dont use Gold bond, it doesn't have the anti-fungal. Toss all the old shoes out, you know the ones that should have been thrown out years ago. Get new cotton or cotton/poly socks. HEAD brand at costco is good. Only wear shoes when you are outside. Inside; shoes off and airing out with clean socks on. |
Uh, the chambers for treating the bends is under high pressure, since the bends is caused by nitrogen bubbling out of solution in tissue. |
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This might do it for your dad. I'm not a physician. Two suggestions. Someone I knew told me her husband had the same problem. She went to the drug store and got embalming fluid. (no, I'm not kidding) After soaking, it worked, according to her. I'd definitely consult with the pharmacist or doctor about this one before trying it, since I'm only going on second-hand information. Second suggestion. Hydrogen peroxide has amazing curative properties. IIRC, this also may work. Google HP/fungus, etc. and see what you can find. |
Yup. I finally cleared mine up. Recommend salt baths - heavy salt concentration, also clorox in water, 20-25% solution, if there is a reaction lower concentration. A few trips to the tanning salon to radiate it can also help. |
That'd depend on the cause. If he's diabetic, it may be due to piss poor circulation. That's the kind of thing I'd recommend a good wound care center for if I was someone you should be taking medical advice from.. Which I aint  The future Mrs. Smith used to do a LOT of wound care on old diabetic feet. Made me want to ralph hearing about it, but she's got an iron stomach and an interest in keeping people from getting parts whittled off. The biggest part of that seemed to be getting people to properly control their sugar and insulin, and then constant maintenance. Failure on either of those counts usually meant that it wasn't long before counting to twenty meant having someone ELSE take off their shoes if you know what I mean. If it's fungal, they make some wicked meds for that too. I'd certainly check with the pros before I started pouring gasoline or boiled puppy tails or something on my feet. |
What aisle is embaliming fluid on at the drug store? In the undertaker section? |