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Old Thu, Oct-27-11, 20:46
gonzo59 gonzo59 is offline
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Default Male yeast infection

Hi all. I realize this is my first post ever here and don't mean to dive in, but I've just stumbled across this forum and am eager to hear about anyone in a similar boat as me.

Just a little background. I'm in my twenties. About 2 years ago I came down with a penile yeast infection. I wasn't sure what it was at first (and it was bearable) so I foolishly put off having a dr look at it. A couple weeks later when I finally figured out what it was, none of the over the counter antifungals seemed to do anything. Also shortly after, I had big red rashes of flaky skin come out on my face (forehead, cheeks, around the mouth), back (ringworm) of the neck, on my upper and lower back (also obvious ringworm), in my crotch (jock itch), and In my arm pits. Various doctors prescribed me multiple antifungal creams with little/no results at the time. I also weighed nearly 260lbs at this point.

I took this as an indicator that I had systemic candida infection, and started eliminating sugars and carbs from my diet as best I could. I also started exercising regularly. As well as taking lots of vitamins, probiotics tablets and garlic. With this regime, over the course of a year or so I got down to a weight of 175lbs, which I was extremely happy with. At the same time, most of the areas on my body with the rashes seemed to clear up on their own. At this point I started to bring my diet back to a "normal persons" diet. However nothing seemed to work for the rash on my "male parts". At one point, it became so uncomfortable that I tried using an antifungal (prescribed to me earlier for the apparent ringworm rashes on my back) called Loprox (prescription only). It worked! It seemed to work great, however once the prescription ran out, the infection came rushing back. I've seen a few doctors (in a different area, I moved) about it, though I only told one of them about my loprox use and they looked at me like I was insane. They all seemed disinterested in supplements and overcoming it naturally, and all prescribed me generic antifungals, which did not work. At the moment, I'm using a (prescribed) combination of hydrocortisone cream and clotrimazole which keeps it at bay, certainly bearable. But I just want to be rid of this for good so badly. Lately I've been using garlic tablets as well as probiotic supplements in addition to my usual daily vitamins. Does anyone else suffer from similar issues?

Thanks!
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