I know nothing about the role of Efudex and DMSO in groin rashes. I have nothing further to add.
Dr. Rockoff
Doctor Rockoff,
In your reply of 11/18 you reject a diagnosis of my problem as fungal, saying
Yes, irritation that led to oozing.
I repeat: using Efudex in the groin to remove "keratoses" is a bizarre notion.
Dr. Rockoff
True, but the original use was near the crotch, so when you said, "The Efudex was no problem because the mixture was applied for only fifteen minutes and then washed off," I assumed that you were talking about the same area. Sorry. Efudex works on sun keratoses (and better on the face than on the arm), and the ones on your arms may have been those or they may have been seborrjeic keratoses, which don't respond.
Dr. Rockoff
Doctor Rockoff,
Please read my post of 11/19 again. I said the keratoses were on the backs of my hands.
Re reply: The Efudex was no problem because the mixture was applied for only fifteen minutes and then washed off. When I have used the mixture for keratoses on the backs of my hands I let it dry and ignore it until my next hand wash. The smaller (1 mm.) keratoses usually wore away and were gone in a week or so and did not need a second application. The areas of skin that were covered with the mixture at the same time showed no reaction.
If you doubt the original problem was fungal, can you suggest what it may have been?
Efudex in the groin? Are you daft?
By the way, I have my doubts that the original problem was fungal, since fungal infections don't yellowish fluid.
Dr. Rockoff