Treatment of fungal infection.

Introduction

Mushroom treatment infection may include:

• General measures
• Reduction of reinfection
• Current antifungal medication

• Oral antifungal medications.

General measures

• Correct predisposing factors when possible.
• Keep the affected skin clean and dry. Wash daily. Take care to dry between the fingers and in the skin folds; use a hair tumble dryer if necessary. Use your own towel.
• Thoroughly clean the shower or bath with bleach.
• Hot wash socks, towels, bath mats at a temperature of at least 60°C.
• Regularly wash the floors where you walk barefoot.
• Use an antiseptic
  • Decualinium chloride tablets for oral yeast infection (Dequacaine®, Dequadin®)
  • Diyodohydroxyquinoline for vulvovaginal candidiasis (Floraquin® vaginal tablets).

To reduce reinfection

Mushroom spores can survive long periods. The following measures can be used to reduce the possibility of reinfection.

• Do not share towels, sheets or personal clothing.
• Avoid walking barefoot where others may step - wear jandals, sandals, or water socks in public pools and sports locker rooms.
• Avoid long periods wearing the same clothes or occlusive clothing such as wet weather gear and nylon pantyhose.
• Wear open sandals when possible. Avoid long periods of time in occlusive footwear like rubber boots or hobo boots.
• Use antifungal foot dust which contains cyclopirox, econazole, miconazole, tolcyclate, tolnaftate or undecylenic acid. Sprinkle on your shoes.
• In the case of zoophilic fungal infections, infected animals should be identified and treated.

More information

• Topical antifungal medication
• Oral antifungal medication