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How To Treat Tinea Corporis Infection?

doctor, i have been suffering from tinea corporis for 3 years now, i have been taking medication for a month(clotrimazole cream + flucos tablets). The symptoms are again returning after i the medication period was over. What should i do? Age:22 height:174cm weight: 65kg
Fri, 30 Jan 2015
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Hi, I had gone through your question and understand your concerns.

The treatment protocol that you followed was the standard one but somehow it failed for your case! Therefore, we should think of some possibilities: recurrent infection, resistant infection and atypical fungal infections!

So now you have to go for a skin scrapping test first preferably with fungal culture and take miconazole based skin lotions for 4 weeks and please revert back to me with feedback!

Hope this answers your question. If you have additional questions or follow up questions then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your questions.

Wishing you good health.
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How To Treat Tinea Corporis Infection?

Hi, I had gone through your question and understand your concerns. The treatment protocol that you followed was the standard one but somehow it failed for your case! Therefore, we should think of some possibilities: recurrent infection, resistant infection and atypical fungal infections! So now you have to go for a skin scrapping test first preferably with fungal culture and take miconazole based skin lotions for 4 weeks and please revert back to me with feedback! Hope this answers your question. If you have additional questions or follow up questions then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your questions. Wishing you good health.