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Is It Possible That Crystal Meth Is A Fungus And That It Can Be In Your Pores ?
Question: Is it possible that Crystal Meth is a fungus and that it can be in your pores , hair and nails. I have been clean for four days and a strange thing is going on with my skin it is puffy and it swells up in a hot shower and when I have an open sore it sparkles like crystals. it is mainly in my upper forehead. My V/S are stable and I am breathing, voiding and eating well I don't get it?? I also tried to use weed to calm down and oddly it makes it worse it swells and makes my head feel like there is a
big bubble of gas
big bubble of gas
Brief Answer:
Please provide a photo. Can be fungal infection.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I read carefully your question and I understand your concern.
I want to congratulate you for being clean for 4 days because it is a very difficult thing and it needs a lot of courage and power. Are you being helped in a hospital for that purpose or are you doing it by yourself without the help of professionals?
Meth withdrawal is a very difficult thing and if you can have help I would really suggest to use it. People who use Meth can have a lot of problems in their skin like facial acne or sores, rotted teeth, a droopy quality to the facial skin, very extensive scratching feeling of the skin and many other symptoms. But also the immunity becomes very compromised/ low so you can develop a fungal infection that spreads very easy. Can you send me a photo of your skin lesion so I can have a look at it?
So no, it is not meth going out of your skin but can be a fungal infection or can be other typical kind of sores that meth use can cause.
Let me see a photo and I will advice accordingly.
Looking forward to your follow up question.
Kind regards,
Dr. Papaqako,
General and family physician.
Please provide a photo. Can be fungal infection.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I read carefully your question and I understand your concern.
I want to congratulate you for being clean for 4 days because it is a very difficult thing and it needs a lot of courage and power. Are you being helped in a hospital for that purpose or are you doing it by yourself without the help of professionals?
Meth withdrawal is a very difficult thing and if you can have help I would really suggest to use it. People who use Meth can have a lot of problems in their skin like facial acne or sores, rotted teeth, a droopy quality to the facial skin, very extensive scratching feeling of the skin and many other symptoms. But also the immunity becomes very compromised/ low so you can develop a fungal infection that spreads very easy. Can you send me a photo of your skin lesion so I can have a look at it?
So no, it is not meth going out of your skin but can be a fungal infection or can be other typical kind of sores that meth use can cause.
Let me see a photo and I will advice accordingly.
Looking forward to your follow up question.
Kind regards,
Dr. Papaqako,
General and family physician.
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