Skin Fungus

[holly]

My husband has a persistant skin fungus which his doctor has been treating with Ketoconazole.  He has been using the medication for several months and the problem will not go away.

The area which bothers him is on his back and is about the size

of a quarter. It looks like a skin rash, being red and slightly

raised.  He has been treated many times but the condition never

goes away.  He says the area gets very sore at times.  Is there any other treatment which might help him?

[Alan Rockoff, MD]

Doesn't sound like a fungus to me, Holly--more like a patch of eczmea.  Get a prescription for a good topical cortisone cream--bet that does the trick.



Best.



Dr. Rockoff