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Wheezy throat, ringworm, pimples, itchy skin, soft stool, fatigue.
by tmajor, May 27, 2006 12:00AM
I've most recently taken a look at symptoms, which I've had for sometime. I've had hayfever for most of my 63 years and food allergies have developed over the years. .... clams nearly did me in once!
Over the course of the last 5 ?? years things have developed.
As I recall, I started taking Triamterene/HCTZ for fluids and high blood pressure. At about the same time my ankles became itchy, I thought because of the diuretic. ?? About a year ago, maybe longer, other things started to occur. I became "more itchy", my stool was always soft, but not quite diarrhea, I started getting ringworm around the groin area, I started getting pimples on the scalp, my throat became tight with wheezing during cold weather and exercise, and I had to have a nap nearly every afternoon.
All of these symptoms never came together in my mind. I blamed the itching on the diuretic, the soft stool on my heavy intake of hot peppers, Tabasco, poor diet, etc., the pimples on my scalp and the ringworm made me wonder about internal fungus, but I blamed it on my toweling procedure after showering and spreading of athletes foot. As far as my "asthmatic throat", I was pondering about home improvements, I had made, the fact that I had quit smoking and a number of other environmental things. At the same time, I seemed to develop more food allergies.
After doing much research, there has emerged one dominate possibility ... "Leaky Gut Syndrome"! LGS can be caused by antibiotics, allowing internal fungus to take over. I took antibiotics for a bad tooth infection/abscess.
Thoughts?
Over the course of the last 5 ?? years things have developed.
As I recall, I started taking Triamterene/HCTZ for fluids and high blood pressure. At about the same time my ankles became itchy, I thought because of the diuretic. ?? About a year ago, maybe longer, other things started to occur. I became "more itchy", my stool was always soft, but not quite diarrhea, I started getting ringworm around the groin area, I started getting pimples on the scalp, my throat became tight with wheezing during cold weather and exercise, and I had to have a nap nearly every afternoon.
All of these symptoms never came together in my mind. I blamed the itching on the diuretic, the soft stool on my heavy intake of hot peppers, Tabasco, poor diet, etc., the pimples on my scalp and the ringworm made me wonder about internal fungus, but I blamed it on my toweling procedure after showering and spreading of athletes foot. As far as my "asthmatic throat", I was pondering about home improvements, I had made, the fact that I had quit smoking and a number of other environmental things. At the same time, I seemed to develop more food allergies.
After doing much research, there has emerged one dominate possibility ... "Leaky Gut Syndrome"! LGS can be caused by antibiotics, allowing internal fungus to take over. I took antibiotics for a bad tooth infection/abscess.
Thoughts?
There is another area on my right ankle, which is itchy. That is about the size of a dime or larger. It has a ring around it, but that may be from scratching. That seems to have been there the longest, actually it moves around a little .... 5 years or so, since I started on the Triamterene/HCTZ. ... I think. I believe, I used to have them on both ankles, but now mostly the right. I have Triamcinolone Acetonide, which seems to work pretty good at relieving the itch.
Even though some of the symptoms parallel some of my own, the more chronic ones don't seem to be there.
My mention of the "ringworm going away", was to mean, after treatment with anti-fungal. I would also guess, I didn't continue long enough with the treatment, thereby allowing them to return.
I applied some Lamisil to the area on my ankle (actually "shin") last evening. It will be interesting to see what becomes of that. Speaking of which, I took a picture of it last night. It looks very much like some of the Internet pix of ringworm. ..red outer ring, with the center looking normal.
The other night, I started to get some of the "pimples" on my temple. I took a Benadryl and a look at my food intake. The problem here was, I didn't know how far back to look. I have limited my diet, pretty much to a few things that I don't suspect and a few, which I feel are possibilities.
One of the foods, which was within 2 hours, was a piece of cheese with Jalapeño peppers. This makes sense, .. kinda. I know when I eat a lot of hot stuff my head will perspire. This instance didn't seem to progress as far as usual. ..food allergy or blocked pores or fungus? Plus, I've used Selsun Blue and Lamisil on it.
I have, all but quit taking the diuretic. In the last 8 days I've only taken it once, due to a rise in BP. However, my left leg, which was the problem, has been good, ... maybe even better than when on the diuretic. My BP may be higher than the "experts" would like (about 140/85 average), but one thing at a time. Plus, I think, it's getting better. Weight loss and exercise couldn't hurt.
Next welcome observation, I've lost 6 pounds! This doesn't alarm me a bit, as I have been eating less to try and diagnose. ... 30 pounds to go!
I can't imagine that ringworm has been the cause of the irritation for 5 years. I guess, I always felt it was from the diuretic and dry skin and didn't look further.
Can this ringworm (assuming that's what it is) be the "cause" of any of the other symptoms?
The ringworm is all but history. Itching and visible signs are gone, through the use of the Lamisil, which I'll apply for another week.