CLOTRIMAZOLE TOPICAL vs FLUCYTOSINE

I was recently hospitalized for severe diarrhea that developed after taking antibiotics. I had a bad itchy, red rash on my scrotum and anus that was diagnosed as erysipelas, and I was Rx'd clindamycin. I got pretty bad diarrhea, so they switched me to doxycycline. The rash improved but didn't go awa

Age 29 Sex male Height 181cm Weight 94kg Race caucasian Duration of complaint 3 weeks Location Any existing relevant medical issues Current medications Include a photo if relevant History: about a month or two ago, i noticed some spots on my chest i initially assumed were acne. They eventually sprea

Age: 21 Sex: female Weight: 120 lbs Height: 5 foot Race: white Primary complaint: bad itching in my left eye (sometimes in my right) Duration: 1 week Current medications: topical clotrimazole for fungal infection Smoking/ drinking: I dont do either Background: from the time i wake up to the time I g

I am a 32 year old white female, 163 cm tall, weighing 69 kg. Prior health history: Asthma, Gastritis, Oesophagitis, PCOS, Endometriosis Medications: Flixotide, Ventolin, Omeprazole, Famotidine, Cerazette, Cetirizine, Cefaclor. Yet to start: Verapamil, Terbinafine (again). Well I don’t even kno

23M , weight= 71 kg , Height= 5ft 11" Non Smooker, non drinker. I have an ulcer in my rectum so antibiotics are not for me I have paronychia on both of my toe nails for almost 12 months, I have used various topical medicines like clotrimazole, Mupirocin 2% they do relieve some pain but paronychia is

Background: I am 38 year old male, uncircumcised, in good health, good fitness, with impeccable hygiene. No other health issues, take no medications, no known allergies. Live in the US. About 18months ago I had some minor foreskin irritation. As the proud owner of any uncircumcised penis will attes

Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am a 40 year old male, 6’1”, 260lbs, non-smoker, no other current medical issues, no medications besides what’s described below regarding this particular problem. No recent changes in diet, environment, household, career, or habits. I have excellent hygiene and wash

Original Post: [July 17](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskDocs/comments/4tb6yl/wound_on_back_of_hand_wont_heal_pics_w_dates/) Age: 23 Sex: M Height: 5'5" Weight: 150 lbs Race: Southeast Asian Duration of complaint: 2-3 months and continuing Location (Geographic and on body): back of right hand Any exist

This forum really helped me and I thought I’d add my own experience in case it can help others. Below is an overview of my experience as well as things I learned from doctors / wish I knew way earlier. I got a UTI in November 2023 and a yeast infection after that (irritation, discharge, painful peei

Female, 26. As the title suggest. I have resistant yeast, been having it for 7 months now. (Did everything I could and now I’m just waiting for my doctor to tell me the stocks for flucytosine and amphotercin B cream have arrived and is ready for me to begin treatment). So this is not self diagnosi

I wanted to share how I treated my C. Glabrata as Reddit was extremely helpful throughout my whole experience. From the time I started having symptoms to almost complete resolution it has been 6 weeks. I started off with the typical fluconazole, I did 4 days of that and it didn’t work. Did Monist

First of all Thank ALL OF YOU that have shared your experiences, struggles, uncommon symptoms, and methods of treatment. I’ve read so far back into this sub, I think as old as 5 years to help figure out what’s going on. Because of this sub I was able to voice my concerns about Ureaplasma. I was able

**TLDR:** There’s hope. I had chronic treatment-resistant BV/yeast. It cleared up after a year and I’ve been symptom-free for a year. **LONG POST** A little over two years ago, I started dating a guy who pressured me to have sex without condoms, along with him generally being unhygienic with toys a

I’m typing this in the middle of the night because I’m itching and I can’t sleep. I have been dealing with resistant yeast for 7 months because regular azole treatments doesn’t work on me. I finally got my doctor to order flucytosine cream and amphotercin B cream specially compounded for me and now

Hey so I have had Candida Glabrata for 10 months been to a billion gynos and tried a range of things (did boric acid for 3 weeks followed by probiotics two times, steroids, tried Nystatin cream, changed my diet, stopped drinking) and NOTHING has worked. I am so itchy all the time and my confidence h

I feel like I’m literally losing my mind. I’m having an incredibly stressful battle with chronic UTI and vaginal dysbiosis. I was on a course of Azithromycin and few months ago to help with bad bacteria/CV and Amphotecerin & Flucytosine compounded pessaries. I waited for 3 months to get them fro