Friday, December 7, 2007

Treatments for skin fungus

A few years ago I travelled to Vietnam in October. Anyone whose spent time in northern Vietnam or southern China knows that during this period the region is in a state of constant overcast. Probably all that pollution from coal-fired Chinese power stations. In any respect, having spent a month there backpacking in cheap $5/night lodgings I managed to pick up a fungal infection. The problem was not the accommodation, it was my inability to dry my towel in the humidity. None of the places I stayed had a balcony, and there was absolutely no sun for the whole period.
Of course prevention is the best cure. It would be preferably to ask the landlord to dry your towel on the roof, or to watch your towel. But should you contract fungus around your genitals as I did, you will find gungus stubbornly hard to get rid of. After treating it several times as required I found that it would come back next season.
According to a specialist in skin diseases the best approach is to apply 2 different treatments at the same time. Two different treatments work in different ways so the fungus can not so easily develop any defence to it. It will be killed off more quickly. Ensure that the treatments are based on different active compounds - so dont be fooled by different brand names. It might be the same compound under a different brand. My suggestion is to look at all different brands and buy the ones with the most divergent active compounds.