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Rashes, Had Chicken Pox, Itching, Painful, Turns Crusty. Is It Because Never Had Shingles Vaccine?
I too have and have had for a few years a localized rash on the top part of my butt crack either one side or the other....itchy, painful, seems to enlarge and then turns crusty and goes away. Always comes back. I do,not know if i I had chicken pox as a child. Never had a shingles vaccine ? ls it easy to see if this in in fact shingles? Or are skin tests done?
Mon, 28 Oct 2013
Hi,
From history it seems that you might be having fungal infection giving rise to this problem.
Go for oral anti-fungal tablet like Flucanozole 150 mg once in a week for 4 weeks.
Apply anti-fungal cream locally.
Keep local part clean, dry and airy.
If there is some bacterial infection due to itching, go for short course of antibiotic medicine.
Ok and take care.
From history it seems that you might be having fungal infection giving rise to this problem.
Go for oral anti-fungal tablet like Flucanozole 150 mg once in a week for 4 weeks.
Apply anti-fungal cream locally.
Keep local part clean, dry and airy.
If there is some bacterial infection due to itching, go for short course of antibiotic medicine.
Ok and take care.
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