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grant gerstners
Joined: 13 Jan 2010
Location: USA
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 Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:55 pm Post subject: athlete's foot |
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What started as a mild itch with peeling skin between two toes on my left foot has become worse in the past week.
There are pharmacists right and left in the small town I live in, but I have never used their services. I would rather not take the time to visit a doctor for a prescription for effective medication.
Has anyone found an effective over-the-counter (non-prescription) treatment?
Just out of curiousity, I held a magnet between those two toes for about 30 minutes. That seems to have eliminated the itching, but I don't know if it's doing anything about the athlete's foot fungus.
Any input and recommendations based on personal experience while in Korea welcomed. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:36 pm Post subject: Re: athlete's foot |
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| grant gerstners wrote: |
What started as a mild itch with peeling skin between two toes on my left foot has become worse in the past week.
There are pharmacists right and left in the small town I live in, but I have never used their services. I would rather not take the time to visit a doctor for a prescription for effective medication.
Has anyone found an effective over-the-counter (non-prescription) treatment?
Just out of curiousity, I held a magnet between those two toes for about 30 minutes. That seems to have eliminated the itching, but I don't know if it's doing anything about the athlete's foot fungus.
Any input and recommendations based on personal experience while in Korea welcomed. |
Anti-fungal powder, creams and sprays are available at the pharmacy.
Just ask the pharmacist.
No prescription needed.
They should understand "anti-fungus / anti-fungal". If they can't understand your accent (they learned English from a K-teachers) they will still understand if you write it.
They should also understand the term "tinea pedis" if you write it down.
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:05 am Post subject: |
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| 무좀약 주세요. Will get you what you need. |
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tukmax
Joined: 06 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:46 am Post subject: |
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| How about a product for chafing? Something similar to Lanacane? |
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mulligc3
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:39 am Post subject: |
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Tea tree oil is really good, you can get it in the 1000 won shops. A few drops every day....... 
not to be used on face though!!! |
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tardisrider
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:10 am Post subject: Re: athlete's foot |
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| grant gerstners wrote: |
There are pharmacists right and left in the small town I live in, but I have never used their services. |
Hmmmm...that's the problem right there. |
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rumdiary
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 12:37 pm Post subject: Re: athlete's foot |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| grant gerstners wrote: |
What started as a mild itch with peeling skin between two toes on my left foot has become worse in the past week.
There are pharmacists right and left in the small town I live in, but I have never used their services. I would rather not take the time to visit a doctor for a prescription for effective medication.
Has anyone found an effective over-the-counter (non-prescription) treatment?
Just out of curiousity, I held a magnet between those two toes for about 30 minutes. That seems to have eliminated the itching, but I don't know if it's doing anything about the athlete's foot fungus.
Any input and recommendations based on personal experience while in Korea welcomed. |
Anti-fungal powder, creams and sprays are available at the pharmacy.
Just ask the pharmacist.
No prescription needed.
They should understand "anti-fungus / anti-fungal". If they can't understand your accent (they learned English from a K-teachers) they will still understand if you write it.
They should also understand the term "tinea pedis" if you write it down.
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Also clean your bathroom floors with bleach. Once it goes away be sure to keep the area between your toes dry by wiping it with rubbing alcohol and/or blowdrying. |
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machoman
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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| use something to kill the fungus in your socks too. |
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brickabrack
Joined: 17 May 2010
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Urinate on your feet in the shower. I haven't had AF since HS. |
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travelnguy
Joined: 27 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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You can get Lamisil at pharmacies. I got AF after a visit to a not so nice sauna. It seems to have worked as I haven't gotten it again.
I believe it 램이실 or something similar. Someone with better Korean can probably correct this if it's not right. |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:10 am Post subject: |
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any over the counter cream for thush or fungus should work too (such as canesten).
And urine is anti-fungicidal/anti-bacerial.Use it 3 times a day if you want to save yourself a trip to the corner shop. |
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grant gerstners
Joined: 13 Jan 2010
Location: USA
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks, everyone, for the advice. |
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Justsurfin12
Joined: 05 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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I got AF from a sauna here as well...
what I did (same as I do for anything minor I get) is just look up the problem in the dictionary in my cell phone ... and hand it to the pharmacist.
This has always worked for minor issues such as nausea, diarrhea, or whatever... they always read it, nod their head, and immediately grab whatever I need. |
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