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Systemic Fungal Infection Prostatitis
Hi, does anyone have information on systemic fungal infections? I don't believe I have candida, I think it is more along the lines of some type of tinea. It is in my prostate and has spread throughout my body. I have tried multiple antibiotics and have been on the candida diet for years, it all helps a little but nothing gets rid of it and it keeps spreading out. The symptoms are numerous and very severe. It is causing me to have mental and physical problems and destroying my life. I have had this for 5 years and no doctors have been able to help me. I am not sure how much longer I can battle this beast. My next move is going to be trying to have my prostate removed which is expensive and my insurance won't cover it, but I don't know what else to do. I am in the Boston area which has some of the best doctors in the world but this illness doesn't seem to exist in the textbooks so no one knows what to do. Has anyone dealt with something similar or know anything about this type of thing?
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Hi and sorry you are having this problem. We are not doctors on here but I can give you advice. Dermatophytes are fungi that are cause superficial infections of the hair skin and nails. So, if have a fungus it would have to be of another type.
Have they done a culture on your prostate? Of course antibiotics don't work on yeast or other fungi. You need anti fungal medication for fungi. There are fungi that can be invasive. You need to be able to get a culture of it and see if it is the source of the problem.
What tests or have they seen fungi in the prostate?
mkh9
Have they done a culture on your prostate? Of course antibiotics don't work on yeast or other fungi. You need anti fungal medication for fungi. There are fungi that can be invasive. You need to be able to get a culture of it and see if it is the source of the problem.
What tests or have they seen fungi in the prostate?
mkh9
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So if you are healthy otherwise but itch terribly that sounds like eczema. I have it and I controlled over time. Take a look at photos of eczema on line. Try Mayo clinic and some others sites. See if any of those such as atopic eczema or any type looks like yours. Send me the link if find anything that looks similar. I'll be glad to take a look. For eczema You have to change your detergent to fragrance free and soap the same thing. You have to track down or keep a diary of what triggers it. It takes a while. I have mine under control after years of suffering. I use non scented soap and for my hands Cetaphil cleanser or for the whole body or dove soap for the body and Cetaphil Restoraderm for my legs as a moisturizer after a shower. For my hands I use Eucerin Intensive Repair Hand Cream. If I get a break out now I use a prescription steroid ointment but only a tiny bit because the cells get used to it and you need more and more.
So, it is worth a try. But I would see if you can make a diary and see what you are doing and using and if there is anything that is irritating or making your problem worse. If you stop using certain soaps on your body does it get better. You doctor may let you try a steroid ointment. If it is a fungus it will get worse if not it will get better. The OTC ones won't work. They are not strong enough.
You really should get one of the doctors perhaps the one that agreed that it looked like a fungus to do a skin scraping and do a fungal smear or culture. It would help a lot to see if there were any fungal spores or anything like that. I suspect it is something else or the fungal remedies would have done something. I do understand that a lot of fungi are becoming resistant but I do thing if it was a dermatophyte (tinea) or ringworm as you say they would have responded to the drugs you mentioned.
mkh9